You are (as usual) right. However, I've been through Victorville several times over the last couple of years and have been amazed at the housing expansion - more like an explosion - out there.
LA/Long Beach will still bear the bulk of the container/ship traffic - which is massive. I'm thinking only of that part, large but smaller than the container traffic at least in terms of weight, that comes in via air. The approach flight path into LAX already goes far to the east, so going to the old George AFB in Adalanto doesn't add much, if any, in terms of flight time or distance.
Not that it is directly relevant, but the Brightline fast-rail to Las Vegas has its initial south terminus in Victorville. (Construction is already visible at the Las Vegas end. And like all such things they could financially crash before finishing.) That speaks to the potential growth of the Victorville/Hesperia area.
BNSF might need to expand its Williams-Phoenix rail line.
Karl Auerbach
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