God forbid someone ever builds low income housing because low income people need homes…
CA is unironically the most far right state I’ve ever lived in. Such obscene wealth right next to extreme poverty.
For now, I’ll settle for progress by spite
Good for George, I appreciate spite as a motivator
The backlash from the wealthy residents is so gross, like look at some of their statements in this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/us/george-lucas-retreats-from-battle-with-neighbors.html?_r=0
The staunchest opponents of Lucasfilm’s expansion are now being accused of driving away the filmmaker and opening the door to a low-income housing development. That has created an atmosphere that one opponent, who asked not to be identified, saying she feared for her safety, described as “sheer terror” and likened to “Syria.”
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At least they’re not all terrible:
“Everybody probably felt that he did it just for spite,” Mr. Taylor said. “But after thinking about it for a while, I guess I’d have to say that probably the site’s better suited for affordable housing than it was for the project he was intending to put there.”
I swear stuff like this and reverse motivation could be put to good use way more often
