Concord is in the middle of LIBERAL LAND - move everything down to San Diego - WE LOVE THE MILITARY HERE.
Concord is in the middle of blue country, but it's still a lot more real than most of the Bay Area. It also supports the military and the scouts.
The Naval Weapon Station is huge - many thousands of acres. We did a Cub Scout Day Camp several years ago, and it's a fantastic place. It has lots of wildlife, teeming marshes, as well as coastline. There's nothing left of Port Chicago but a few foundations.
The base itself is largely unused. Most of the bunkers are unusable due to crumbling and other effects of old age. The train tracks are too unsafe to use (even for people other than Brian Willson). There are only about a hundred people working on the whole base. It's not like the old days when this was the center of the universe for naval weapons on the west coast.
A decade ago, I lost my job (Government contractor - computer repair) when a lot of the bases were closed. It broke my heart when Mare Island Naval Shipyard was closed. They were super submarine builders there, and the people there deserved better. There isn't much of a military presence in Northern California anymore. I really hope Travis AFB is spared. However, the Weapons Station truly has a hard time justifying itself today. Yeah, San Diego may well be a better business choice, but not because of patriotism.