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George Lucas does something I don't have to hate him for
shmokes:
This is awesome.
In a nutshell, Lucas has been trying for the last 25 years to build a huge movie studio on his 300,000 acres of Marin County land, but his rich neighbors have opposed him every step of the way. They want to expand the community with just more residential. He finally gave up on his movie studio plans, so to stick it to his rich neighbors he's instead turning the 300,000 acres into low income housing. "If everyone feels that housing is less impactful on the land, then we are hoping that people who need it the most will benefit."
Essentially: Oh . . . you don't want my movie studio in your back yard? Let's see how you feel about poor people moving in instead.
CCM:
I'm not rich and I wouldn't want a business starting up in my backyard... Our yard backs up to some nice woods that are not owned by me. If the owner decided to build a business or even sell off the land for housing I would fight it every step of the way, or more likely I would try and buy the land myself to insure that nothing would ever be built on it! I love the privacy we have now and wouldn't want to lose it.
shmokes:
It's not that I care one way or the other whether Lucas builds his little studio. I'm just get a kick out of how diabolical his revenge was.
opt2not:
Naw he's still a --cream-filled twinkie--.
CheffoJeffo:
I'm with shmokes on this, but that could be because I am tired of folks behaving like they are the ones who own my property and that somehow my doing what I want with my stuff is a grand inconvenience to them.
If you want to control what happens on my land, then pay for it. Otherwise, STFU.