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    Early estimates project hundreds of millions of dollars improvement to the city of Shepperton once floodwaters rise, properly prices alone set to skyrocket when instead of living in a shithole town you get to live next to a nice new lake instead.

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      6 months ago

      with mosquitoes 😊

      ( these towns used to be nice, there was work and a place for everyone, then kennet slashed all the country public services and the towns died )

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        Shepp was built around the orchids and canneries as well. A lot of the need went away with better food storage and overseas produce being so cheap. Selling SPC to Coke was not good, but the writing was on the wall for years.

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          read up on John Elliot and how he worked to crush ag industries through asset stripping. It’s real Gordon Gekko shit that he did.