Línkǒu (林口) is a rapidly-growing suburb of Taipei located on the eponymous plateau at the western extent of New Taipei. Decades ago it was the site of an American military base, the Shu Lin Kou Air Station, which was turned over to the ROC military in the late 1970s, and destroyed in 1996. The soil of the plateau is unsuitable for most forms of agriculture but tea can (and was) cultivated there, and there was also a thriving brick industry up until relatively recently, when industrial land was cleared for residential development. Nowadays, with direct MRT access to Taipei and Taoyuan it has become a commuter town known mainly for its outlet malls.