House for sale. ....Erin Brockovitch stuff.

[Chris142]

This is the town the movie was based on. Most every one that didn't die had to leave due to the water contamination.

This house is on a well.... Not sure thats a good thing here

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/22017-Highway-58-Hinkley-CA-92347/17484537_zpid/

 

[RhondaHonda]

Sold for $20k, remodeled and listed for $320k. Not bad if you can get it. $350/SF seems steep in that area.

 

[IndyFan]

Nice looking yard!

Just shoot me if I ever complain about rain where I live.

 

[RDMgr]

It should have a ladder to the roof for a quick escape from graboids.

 

[eljefino]

People moved back in to Love Canal housing.

 

[andrew_j]

This is the town the movie was based on. Most every one that didn't die had to leave due to the water contamination.

This house is on a well.... Not sure thats a good thing here

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/22017-Highway-58-Hinkley-CA-92347/17484537_zpid/

Amazing land is worth so little there. I get price hikes however around here 50% of real estate is actual land value not structure.

 

[JHZR2]

What was the water contaminated from?

 

[D60]

If hot girls show up with rubber ducks....I might consider it

 

[goingplacesanddoingstuff]

What was the water contaminated from?

Hexavalent chromium.

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/chromium/physiologic_effects_of_chromium_exposure.html

 

[slo town]

Home seller is delusional asking that kind of money. There is NOTHNG good or attractive in Hinkley. In fact there is NOTHING in Hinkley. I've driven through it 2 or 3 times, most recently about 6 months ago.

Attached is a view of the main street in Hinkley.

Scott

 

[Chris142]

What was the water contaminated from?

Have you seen the movie? If not its worth watching.

 

[Chris142]

Home seller is delusional asking that kind of money. There is NOTHNG good or attractive in Hinkley. In fact there is NOTHING in Hinkley. I've driven through it 2 or 3 times, most recently about 6 months ago.

Attached is a view of the main street in Hinkley.

Scott

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There used to be a mini mart with gas pumps. Regular gas only. That is all gone now with no sign of it ever being there.

Around 1992 I had a girlfriend that lived in Hinkley. She was trouble, glad she and I didn't work out.

 

[vavavroom]

What was the water contaminated from?

It was contaminated from careless and improper discharge of wastewater into unlined holding ponds by the PG& natural gas compressor station in Hinkley. The Cr(VI)-contaminated wastewater got into the groundwater and thus into the local drinking water supply.

 

[We're Metals]

Home seller is delusional asking that kind of money. There is NOTHNG good or attractive in Hinkley. In fact there is NOTHING in Hinkley. I've driven through it 2 or 3 times, most recently about 6 months ago.

Attached is a view of the main street in Hinkley.

Scott

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Good off roading in the area. Nice place to live a quiet life. Kinda agree about the water though...

 

[mk378]

She was trouble,

Toxic, you might say.

A house without a usable water source is basically worthless.

 

[spackard]

The lot is 133 feet by 133 feet. Pretty small to attract people to live in that area.
You’re pretty close to PG&E, but the eastern sub area is the one that still needs some remediation, judging by their water report.
It looks to me that PG&E destroyed residential wells containing high levels of anthropogenic Cr(VI).
An interesting thing though: arsenic, uranium, and nitrates. Appears to be a high level there, all from natural sources.