“Satmar built townhouses in Bloomingburg in upstate NY which are not selling and going into forclosure, is an example in NY of a community that was built and Jews moved in and then for what ever reason others didn’t follow.”
I believe Mt. Kisco was also hoped to evolve into a rural, frum outpost, but it didn’t really catch on either.
The point is, lightbright, if you look only at places like Monsey, Lakewood, and Kiryas Yoel, it might seem like whenever the Jews decree that a place shall be an up-an-coming community, it’s a big success and housing prices skyrocket. But, this isn’t really the case as there are many failures that people just don’t talk about.