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Tech folks being dicks east of the Sierra Nevada / Cascade ranges makes for great popcorn. Mostly because the rancher / local types would rather spit in their

• paxys 3y ago
  The regions you mention are also very much ruled by money, just like everywhere else. The only difference is the demographic of the people calling the shots. Old oil money/railroad money/ranch money billionaires will put any costal startup founder to shame with their power and antics.
  • ethbr1 3y ago
    Imho, there's difference between "money of a community" vs "money in a community". Ranch/mineral family money seemed tied to land/place/town in a way that's fundamentally different than corporate wealth. Which isn't to say that those folks can't be assholes too! But I gotta support rich assholes who have generations of history in a place, over rich assholes who are transplants.
    • kentonv 3y ago
      > rich assholes who are transplants Matthew Prince actually grew up in Park City and his family has been there for generations, according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Prince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Prince
      • paxys 3y ago
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      • ethbr1 3y ago
        Ooh! In that case, I kinda gotta give it back to Matthew Prince. And also to his PR team: that's one of the slickest Wikipedia pages I've seen! But can't fault someone for reinvesting in their roots, even if your roots town is pretty bougie nowadays.
• mustache_kimono 3y ago
  > Mostly because the rancher / local types would rather spit in their eyes just to make a point that not everything can be bought. Kudos to them. I think the point here is they are all rich a-holes. Guy wants to build a home on land that he owns? Hard for me to fault the guy. Stupid he has to take it this far. After awhile though, I don't know whether to be amused by rich people pissing on each other, or disgusted.
  • deltarholamda 3y ago
    >Guy wants to build a home on land that he owns? Seems from the article he wants to build something that doesn't adhere to local code restrictions on height and size limits. It seems to be a part of the human condition to want to say "we should make these rules!" and then say "but I don't mean for me" It's just that people with a lot of money have more options when it comes to that second part.
    • mustache_kimono 3y ago
      > Seems from the article he wants to build something that doesn't adhere to local code restrictions on height and size limits. Meh. It seems as if his plans were approved, and now those plans are being reviewed, because a few noisy neighbors want to meddle with how he wants to use his land. If those neighbors didn't want someone else to use the land, they could have bought his land, like the town bought the acreage above. > It seems to be a part of the human condition to want to say "we should make these rules!" and then say "but I don't mean for me" It seems more like these neighbors are trying to achieve what they couldn't achieve with their dollars. Like -- now that they've bought some land ~4000 feet up the mountain, their wish, through regulation or otherwise, is to make sure no one builds any higher. Again, this is simply rich people pissing on each other. If this was about water rights, something important, etc.? I could understand the meddling. But, here, I don't tend to think this is very principled. So, if there is a principle I'd defend, it's that this guy owns it, and he should be able to build what he wants. Don't California my Utah.
• wbl 3y ago
  My understanding is he grew up in Park City.