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Jim Patton - Antelope Valley's raw and vacent land broker.
Contact
- Jim Patton, Broker
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- Quartz Hill CA
- US 93586
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Description
The Antelope Valley (AV) is located approximately 60 miles northeast of Los Angeles. Expanding over two counties, Los Angeles and Kern, the AV is known as the high desert because it has an average elevation of 2,800 feet above sea level. It consists of the cities/communities of Mojave, California City, Rosamond, Lancaster, Palmdale, Littlerock, Pearblossom, Lake Los Angeles, Leona Valley, and Lake Elizabeth. The AV, which consists of over 3,000 square miles, experiences all four seasons, with snow falling, on average, every 2-3 years.
The "backbone" of the AV is the aerospace industry. A world leader in aerospace since the 1950's, the AV has all the big names in aerospace. Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Rockwell, BAE Systems, and even Lockheed's top secret Skunk Works are all located in Palmdale. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier at Edwards Air Force Base (Rosamond) in the late 1940's. The B-1 and B-2 bombers were both built in Palmdale, as was the first Space Shuttle in the 1980's. The X-33, the next generation space shuttle, is also currently under development in the AV. Even today, the space shuttle will occasionally land at Edwards Dry Lake Bed, as it did regularly in the 1980's. Looking forward, it now appears that The nations newest jet fighter, the F-22, will also be built, in whole or in part, in the AV! This will be the Pentagon's most expensive weapon system ever produced, $60 Billion over Several Years.
The AV is strategically located only and hour's drive from major population centers, making it an affordable option for those that get priced out of their own more expensive housing markets. To the southwest of the AV are the areas of Canyon Country/Valencia, San Fernando Valley and the Los Angeles Basin. To the northwest is Bakersfield. All totaled, this puts between 7-10 million people only an hour's drive from the AV. In these competing areas, the average entry level home is twice as expensive as a comparable home in the AV. Thus, one can easily see why affordable housing is the #1 attraction in the AV. A pro-business environment, cleaner air, a simpler/quieter life style, and a family friendly atmosphere also bring people here to stay.
