It has MASSIVELY expanded. Just before I moved there, I used to skydive at the airport. Remember where the airport was? Grassy hills for as far as the eye could see? All developed now with the usual generic suburban sprawl, all the way out to Brentwood.
Dumb question: Who are they selling it to? If the cops were to roust a few scrap dealers as fences it would put a damper on the secondary market, wouldn’t it? I mean when a guy in a low rider shows up with a trunk full of high voltage cable, doesn’t someone think something is wrong?