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Probably not. It's INTENDED to be an exclusive neighborhood. The city government is probably rigged to maximum effectiveness at protecting the interests of the

by beat 13y ago

Probably not. It's INTENDED to be an exclusive neighborhood. The city government is probably rigged to maximum effectiveness at protecting the interests of the wealthy and exclusive. So doing things that impede the rabble is probably rewarded, not punished.

IvyMike 13y ago
"Keep your ugly, fucking, gold-bricking ass out of my beach community, Lebowski!"
- baseh 13y ago
  While we are on movie quotes, on similar lines from Supertroopers: College Boy 2: No, man, I'm just saying... I'm sayin', if-if you own beachfront property, right, do you own, like, the sand and the water? College Boy 3: Nobody owns the water. God owns - it's God's water.
- RDeckard 13y ago
  Haha, golden, classic line! Came here to post it, came into my head seconds after reading the article :)
sharkweek 13y ago
100% Correct -- the reality here is that the city council is likely to respond to the wealthy tax payers. The last thing the city wants is a mass exodus of the wealthy on the hunt for more private beach property.
- sageikosa 13y ago
  > more private beach property Which would be where exactly?
  - khuey 13y ago
    Not anywhere in the state of California, that's for sure.
corin_ 13y ago
> It's INTENDED to be an exclusive neighborhood. Since when? And I mean that in a "can you elaborate on how that happened", not a sarcastic way. My only knowledge of the history of Malibu comes from Rob Lowe's autobiography - he moved there as a young teenager / pre-teen (11-13 I think) with a slightly hippy mother who was looking for cleaner air than Ohio had to offer. Anyway, he describes 70s/80s Malibu as very different from what it is today, much more laid back, much less rich-people-focused (although even back then he had, as an example, Martin Sheen + family as neighbors), worth noting that when Lowe moved his family were probably somewhere between working and middle class, and they fitted in fine. It seems easy to understand why Malibu could become so expensive and lived in by only super-rich and celebrities - that's basic economics of supply and demand - but at what point, and why, did it get to a point where you say "it's INTENDED to be an exclusive neighborhood"?
- joonix 13y ago
  It's just a natural progression. I'm sure if you go just a bit further up the coast and away from "the money" of Los Angeles you will find laid back coastal communities.

by beat 13y ago

IvyMike 13y ago

"Keep your ugly, fucking, gold-bricking ass out of my beach community, Lebowski!"

baseh 13y ago
While we are on movie quotes, on similar lines from Supertroopers: College Boy 2: No, man, I'm just saying... I'm sayin', if-if you own beachfront property, right, do you own, like, the sand and the water? College Boy 3: Nobody owns the water. God owns - it's God's water.
RDeckard 13y ago
Haha, golden, classic line! Came here to post it, came into my head seconds after reading the article :)

sharkweek 13y ago

100% Correct -- the reality here is that the city council is likely to respond to the wealthy tax payers. The last thing the city wants is a mass exodus of the wealthy on the hunt for more private beach property.

sageikosa 13y ago
> more private beach property Which would be where exactly?
- khuey 13y ago
  Not anywhere in the state of California, that's for sure.

corin_ 13y ago

> It's INTENDED to be an exclusive neighborhood. Since when? And I mean that in a "can you elaborate on how that happened", not a sarcastic way. My only knowledge of the history of Malibu comes from Rob Lowe's autobiography - he moved there as a young teenager / pre-teen (11-13 I think) with a slightly hippy mother who was looking for cleaner air than Ohio had to offer. Anyway, he describes 70s/80s Malibu as very different from what it is today, much more laid back, much less rich-people-focused (although even back then he had, as an example, Martin Sheen + family as neighbors), worth noting that when Lowe moved his family were probably somewhere between working and middle class, and they fitted in fine. It seems easy to understand why Malibu could become so expensive and lived in by only super-rich and celebrities - that's basic economics of supply and demand - but at what point, and why, did it get to a point where you say "it's INTENDED to be an exclusive neighborhood"?

joonix 13y ago
It's just a natural progression. I'm sure if you go just a bit further up the coast and away from "the money" of Los Angeles you will find laid back coastal communities.