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There are some hints
Is the problem what we "haven't seen it before", or that the thing we haven't seen is an actual plan concrete enough to actually discuss?
Sure, no problem I'd love to address that.
If you can and want to relocate do that. This property is priced for the land not the home. Someone will buy it and bring it up to the level of the neighborhood turning a nice profit.Sure, no problem I'd love to address that.
...The reason China has "ghost cities" is because they used more concrete in 3 years than the U.S. used in the entire 20th century. You see, they built so many new homes during 2009-2011, that they actually built too many. And that's why they have ghost cities - because the people have too many options, *unlike* the Americans here. Here in America, we have the ugly, old dilapidated houses selling for half a million dollars. We have *NOT* given enough choices. we are at the polar opposite of China, in regards to real estate... They've beaten us! Badly!
The following house is running for $475,000.00 in Northridge, CA.
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Ramshackle California home hits the market for $475,000 CASH
A 1,276-square-foot Northridge, Los Angeles home is on the market for $475,000. Instead of a luxurious pad, the house is run down with brown stains, missing tiles and exposed pipes.www.dailymail.co.uk
...Would you rather buy this house for 475, or just relocate to somewhere else, entirely new, and start over? I would choose B... I would choose to relocate to a brand new city, and find a job just like the one I have now over there.
People in this thread are addressing what the real issue is, the lack of affordable housing in existing cities. Just building new cities in the middle of the wilderness (that's where most federal land is), isn't going to address that.
To the west, and to the east of St. George Utah, there are tracts of Federal land... It's a gorgeous area, if you haven't been there, and not too far from Vegas, Zion National Park and Flagstaff.
The federal lands surrounding St. George, Utah, in Washington County are gorgeous, with red rocks everywhere. There are rocky structures there, but also an abundance of flat land, ideal for roads and general construction.
www.stgeorgeutah.com
There's talk of a billion dollar water pipeline in the works for the St. George area, where growth will explode, naturally... Right next to that place, in the federal lands surrounding it, the government could offer up land for a new futuristic city with a booming downtown... It's *sure* to be a success.
www.outsideonline.com
And where are you going to get the water for that city?The federal lands surrounding St. George, Utah, in Washington County are gorgeous, with red rocks everywhere. There are rocky structures there, but also an abundance of flat land, ideal for roads and general construction.
Tuacahn Amphitheatre:
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There are nearly 16M ‘landlocked’ public acres in the West – how many are in Southern Utah?
ST. GEORGE — There are nearly 16 million acres of “landlocked” federal and state lands across 13 Western states but how much public land is inaccessible to Southern Utahns? Parcels become landlocked when federal or state lands are inaccessible to the public because they are surrounded by private...
That pipe is coming from the Colorado River. A river that is overused as it is right now. How is a new pipeline from the river that is already over pulled from as is going to make new water? Answer: it isn't. It is going to pull water that someone else will have to do without. Not a solution.There's talk of a billion dollar water pipeline in the works for the St. George area, where growth will explode, naturally... Right next to that place, in the federal lands surrounding it, the government could offer up land for a new futuristic city with a booming downtown... It's *sure* to be a success.
The Green Green Grass of Utah
Golf courses! Water parks! Man-made lakes! If Utah has its way, the retiree oasis of St. George will explode with growth, turning red rock to bluegrass and slaking its thirst with a new billion-dollar pipeline from the Colorado River.
It sounds like the issue in Washington County is lack of water, not land for development.There's talk of a billion dollar water pipeline in the works for the St. George area, where growth will explode, naturally... Right next to that place, in the federal lands surrounding it, the government could offer up land for a new futuristic city with a booming downtown... It's *sure* to be a success.
The Green Green Grass of Utah
Golf courses! Water parks! Man-made lakes! If Utah has its way, the retiree oasis of St. George will explode with growth, turning red rock to bluegrass and slaking its thirst with a new billion-dollar pipeline from the Colorado River.
I would suggest actually reading the article, and not just the opening sentence. It's hardly a sure success, for a multitude of reasons (costs, the Colorado River not having enough flow to support it, etc).There's talk of a billion dollar water pipeline in the works for the St. George area, where growth will explode, naturally... Right next to that place, in the federal lands surrounding it, the government could offer up land for a new futuristic city with a booming downtown... It's *sure* to be a success.
The Green Green Grass of Utah
Golf courses! Water parks! Man-made lakes! If Utah has its way, the retiree oasis of St. George will explode with growth, turning red rock to bluegrass and slaking its thirst with a new billion-dollar pipeline from the Colorado River.
That and over-use of water. They use significantly more water per capita than pretty much every other major southwestern city, with no plans to change. This is driven, in part, by heavily-subsidized water rates.
Guess people just choose not to build there for no reason. Can’t be because of anything about the environment not being conducive to large cities.
