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I understand the sentiment, but in this case it's more like, neighborhoods built around oil derricks. Go look up pictures of HB from the early 20's. It was all farmland until oil was discovered, the city came later, with the first developments being built in the 50's. Just about every house in the city along the coast sits atop a capped well.

Yup, also check out photos of Signal Hill (AKA Porcupine Hill). Now every piece of land is developed around the remaining oil derricks.

In all fairness, these rigs probably predate the great increase in population in OC. I doubt NIMBYs would go for this nowadays.

Who do you imagine would go for it? These wells have been nothing but a disaster from Santa Barbara on down.

My understanding is that plans have been put in motion to eliminate all oil wells from the LA area.

HB is in Orange County

The offshore platforms are in federal waters.