However, as I look at today’s market, I see that the conditions that allowed for explosive growth back then have changed.

I don't see "explosive" growth happening.

With proximity to the explosive growth happening in Sherman, TX, on paper, huge potential.

Map courtesy of https://www.submarinecablemap.com/landing-point/hillsboro-or...According to the Hillsboro Herald:Hillsboro’s Data Center Market Booms in 2023Hillsboro’s data center market experienced explosive growth in 2023, solidifying its position as a major player in the U.S.

The mainland, near the Speedway, has experienced some explosive growth due to the new One Daytona development and the Speedway expansion/renovations.

When economic activity is explosive, there is a natural increase in demand for the currency required to facilitate it. 

It's the same case for hiring a highly referred plumber who will fix the leak and a few other things for the right price, or take the new guy no one has ever heard from and your leak has now turned into an explosion. 

It’s not explosive growth like dallas or the rest of the Texas triangle but you have a billion of other investors hunting for deals.

There has been had two lithium battery explosions/fire emergencies in the last 2 years.  

Any investor looks for places which have a bright future, not one's where their downtown is closed due to crumbling and unsafe buildings.https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/gas-explosion-in-youngs...https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/03/12/what-buck...https://ysu.edu/center-working-class-studies/renaissance-who...https://www.propublica.org/article/these-companies-got-milli...As Bones would say, it's dead Jim.