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QUESTION: Would you purchase a home on the old Concord Naval Weapons Station property?
Talk about it….
No way
Never – military bases are always highly contaminated and they never do a proper cleanup before decommissioning.
Look at Fort Ord – now a superfund site.
No reason to, I’m happy where I am, and it’s paid for. But if I was looking to buy a new home
and move, then no, I wouldn’t. There’s nothing out there.
No way, no how would I purchase a home on land that is still being cleaned up…”The Inland Area is being addressed through federal cleanup actions by the U.S. Navy and the Tidal Area is being addressed by the U.S. Army. Investigations of potential threats to human health and the environment at NWS Concord sites and actions to address risks posed by those sites are ongoing.”–US EPA
Only if it came with an underground bunker that is already there (and paid for). That would make an awesome basement.
The only potential downside is potential contamination from previous military storage, and I assume that site was on every military adversary’s target list for decades.
Nope. If they start building there, I’m leaving the area. There is already to many people, to much traffic, and to much crime (with no consequences) in the area. Honestly, from most people I talked to, nobody wants it there. It’s like Clayton, it used to be a cool little cow town. Since they built Oakhurst, it’s all idiots in Mercedes, BMWs, and Tesla’s driving like they own the streets. Keep the hills green (and brown).
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No.
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It’ll be in a Mello-Roos district AKA “community facilities district” and the monthly fees will be insane.
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Plus all the pollution, construction, and “affordable” housing projects within it.
No, chemicals were used (weed killer, cleaning agents, solvents) Hexavlent chromium, trichlor, perchlor, arsenic, and many others. This was treated as a military facility so no thought of residency was considered. No telling where they are and how much as there was no record of amounts or distribution. When you drive down Willow pass rd through the old station look to your right near the “trigger facility” (before the bridge) and see the yellow poles about 3ft tall… those are monitoring wells to measure chem. effects in soil and groundwater. If they have to monitor it then it is there. so no I would not want to live or raise children in areas like this.
Nope…. and they shouldn’t develop it at all …way too toxic – just leave it as open space, let the elk have it back
Yes… it’s very serene out there.
I think the chance of a leftover A-bomb being under your house is fairly slim.😁
When your kid glows in the dark its easier to keep track of them
It’s kind of a silly question because everyone that’s reading this now will have died from old age before they put a shovel in the ground.
no but if i could i would buy all of them and turn it into a urban airsoft/paintball field
NO! Years ago a man was driving past the base, smelled chemicals and started gagging and was nearly blinded. At the Hospital Police asked His wife if he carried Pepper Spray,(He Does)…in his car they found an empty cannister that had leaked out…also years ago a Marine Guard at the Base reported a large yellow cloud blowing across the base(Chemical war fare?) turned out to be a massive cloud of pollen from the Alleppo Pine trees planted between the Base and the Gun Range.