[mojaveman]

The problem is bad in Socal too. The large indoor cultivation operations are mostly done by Asian gangs. A large grow was busted only a block from my house. The criminals came to my white middle class neighborhood in '06 and paid 750K for a 2500 square foot house that sits on about half an acre. It also has a 2000 square foot corregated metal workshop that sits behind the house. They began growing immediately and after only a few months the Police got wise to what they were doing and raided the place. The entire growing operation was automated and there was nobody there when the officers came. The gangs that do this have so much money that they just consider it a small loss when they get shut down and go buy another house and start growing again.