11-29-2011, 10:49 AM
"Incidentally, Chino, CA, has some really interesting industrial spurs and industries. Look around..."
You are right, Ed. What has happened is that the "Inland Empire" which extends from Chino and Ontario east through Riverside & San Bernardino has been developed for warehousing and heavy industry. Many companies that were once located in Los Angeles and needed to expand had a problem. There is very little room to expand in much of Los Angeles or northern Orange County. Chino, Ontario, Fontana and areas surrounding Riverside and San Bernardino were mostly agricultural with vineyards, and orange groves that have since been abandoned. That meant cheap land to build large industrial buildings and warehouses on. In addition Kaiser used to have a huge steel mill in Fontana. It closed down 20 years or so ago. The Fontana race track where NASCAR races is located on property that used to be part of Kaiser Steel, but there is a lot of property remaining that was part of the steel mill that was sitting empty just waiting for redevelopment.
You are right, Ed. What has happened is that the "Inland Empire" which extends from Chino and Ontario east through Riverside & San Bernardino has been developed for warehousing and heavy industry. Many companies that were once located in Los Angeles and needed to expand had a problem. There is very little room to expand in much of Los Angeles or northern Orange County. Chino, Ontario, Fontana and areas surrounding Riverside and San Bernardino were mostly agricultural with vineyards, and orange groves that have since been abandoned. That meant cheap land to build large industrial buildings and warehouses on. In addition Kaiser used to have a huge steel mill in Fontana. It closed down 20 years or so ago. The Fontana race track where NASCAR races is located on property that used to be part of Kaiser Steel, but there is a lot of property remaining that was part of the steel mill that was sitting empty just waiting for redevelopment.