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Article is 100% paywalled, so no idea what this post is about, but I have a friend with property out there and I've spent some time there for the Bombay Beach B
by mullingitover 6y ago
Article is 100% paywalled, so no idea what this post is about, but I have a friend with property out there and I've spent some time there for the Bombay Beach Bienalle.
It could be a great place if the lake was rehabilitated, but nobody wants to spend the money (or water) to make it happen. The place is below sea level, and it might be possible to simple dig a canal to the ocean and fill it with seawater. It would instantly create some extremely valuable real estate if the lake wasn't so horrifically disgusting and toxic.
- tomc1985 6y agoAs a local, rehabilitating Salton Sea would be a tragedy. There are plenty of out-of-the-way resorts and Oasis towns to go to. The Salton Sea, the dunes surrounding it, and Anza-Borrego itself are unique pieces of desert that don't really have any nearby analogues. I think that area is better off in its current, dessicated form, as do most of the people who reside there. Land is cheap, and it is really, really far away from civilization.
- mullingitover 6y agoFixing the Salton Sea isn't just about real estate values. It's going to be a huge health hazard if things keep going in their current direction. > Imperial County already has the highest rate of asthma-related emergency room visits for children in California, and the problem is expected to get worse as tens of thousands of acres of lakebed are left high and dry around the lake over the next decade. [1] https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2017/11/06/near-salton-sea-many-young-children-suffer-asthma-study-finds/837857001/ https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2017/11/06/...