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by Supermancho 1062 days ago
The implication is that the land is for housing? Notably, Irvine California successfully transitioned from being an Army Base town (very large military blimps, etc) to a thriving city. A jewel of southern california.
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"Thriving" if one considers an Orwellian and totalitarian worldview similar to that of Singapore to be a viable and humane philosophy.
I have experience with the Irvine Company as well. There were decades where they were not in control of the city. Before Blizzard, before Google.