It blows steadily for much of the year, making the area popular for windsurfing.
Residents see a vicious circle: Absentee landlords and careless tenants drive values down, making the area inhospitable.
The biggest obstacle in building the park, Mr. Fuller said, was that builders kept making the area too attractive.
The Chinese government, intent on making the area accessible to the rest of the country, is building new roads.
There are more police, making the area safer for those with resources but less welcoming for those without.
The Barossa begins 35 miles northeast of Adelaide, in the State of South Australia, making the area an easy day trip from the city.
More than 200 serious crimes reported last year on the West Side were improperly downgraded in police statistics, making the area seem safer than it was, officials said.
"We expect that this will trigger high-density office and residential development along Jackson Avenue by making the area more attractive," she said.
When people talk about gentrification making the area safer … are they suggesting that I didn't want the crack dealers outside the KFC to leave?
The city is a special case, she said, with "tired older houses on good lots," making the area ripe for teardowns.
In the mountains wild boar, goat, fallow deer, chamois, partridge, and many other animals are found, making the area one of the great European hunting regions.
