Why would you continue to buy up housing in the area if you were then just going to say nah not worth it, I think we will just have to be patient and wait for comcast to comcast. ie 2 days before it opens announce it lol
It probably helps the resale value, if you've already gone to the effort of sorting potential future risks like nearby houses that have an unknown acquisition cost. But it's clear they still have people on salary here to actually do this stuff, which is at least somewhat reassuring.
I made the mistake of bookmarking this thread back when we thought the announcement was going to be end of June, so every time I come back I see "Well it's not end of June yet!" and internally cry a bit, it's disappointing things haven't been given the go ahead, I try to be optimistic, but I was around back when Disney wanted to build in Dorset and remember reading the flyers we had through the door and getting all excited, before they eventually buggered off to Paris with the park instead, I was only young but it taught me not to get my hopes up, but I also vaguely recall the locals not being happy about it at all, which certainly isn't the case here.
The UK is so depressing, especially if you love theme parks, watching our own parks deteriorate thanks Merlin's virtual monopoly. Just imagine how exciting it would be if groundwork started, I'd be googling for updates everyday for years, lapping up all the drone footage etc.
Anyhow, I sent my letter in support of the project, just have to hope and pray now!
