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> "I mean, is it worth having the private beach?" Honestly, if I was given the option of appearing to be a massive dick to the general public in exchange for a

by Crito 13y ago

> "I mean, is it worth having the private beach?" Honestly, if I was given the option of appearing to be a massive dick to the general public in exchange for a private beach, I'd probably take it.

cromwellian 13y ago
Would you really have a relaxing stay on your beach with protesters chanting from nearby and blockading roads near your house?
product50 13y ago
Hence, the douche.
raverbashing 13y ago
Honest question, how many times per year would he consider going to this beach? He looks like the type of person that leaves home at 6am and returns 10pm including weekends If he wants to go to the beach he can get a private jet to the Bahamas and stay in the classiest resort available. So it looks like it's being a douche for the sake of it.
- joonix 13y ago
  It's because he knows he can turn around and sell it to a rich international buyer for double if he can market it as having an effectively private California beach. That's all there is to it.
  - raverbashing 13y ago
    Yes, but there seems to be a certain amount of judicial uncertainty there. But maybe he can sell for a "private beach" price and leave the issues to the buyer ;)
yardie 13y ago
I think you like the idea of a private beach more than the beach itself. Having grown up in a state full of beaches (FL) I choose the public beaches. Beaches are expensive, if you have a multimillion dollar tourism industry it makes sense to spend millions dredging sand, cleaning, and sanitizing. Guys like Khosla will want their private beach and want the state to fix it for them as well. Florida is full of entitled rich guys like this. It's their beach until a storm washes the sand away. Then it's our beach because the state has to dredge sand to backfill the hightide mark.
gesman 13y ago
You mean being promoted from tiny dick with nothing to massive dick with private beach? :) That would be a no brainer. In Vinod's case he bought an investment property and probably tried to minimize general public's pooping and loittering activities that always comes with a shared territory. At least I understand his angle of view after spending $20+M for something.
gaze 13y ago
That makes you actually a massive dick.

by Crito 13y ago

> "I mean, is it worth having the private beach?" Honestly, if I was given the option of appearing to be a massive dick to the general public in exchange for a private beach, I'd probably take it.

cromwellian 13y ago

Would you really have a relaxing stay on your beach with protesters chanting from nearby and blockading roads near your house?

product50 13y ago

Hence, the douche.

raverbashing 13y ago

Honest question, how many times per year would he consider going to this beach? He looks like the type of person that leaves home at 6am and returns 10pm including weekends If he wants to go to the beach he can get a private jet to the Bahamas and stay in the classiest resort available. So it looks like it's being a douche for the sake of it.

joonix 13y ago
It's because he knows he can turn around and sell it to a rich international buyer for double if he can market it as having an effectively private California beach. That's all there is to it.
- raverbashing 13y ago
  Yes, but there seems to be a certain amount of judicial uncertainty there. But maybe he can sell for a "private beach" price and leave the issues to the buyer ;)

yardie 13y ago

I think you like the idea of a private beach more than the beach itself. Having grown up in a state full of beaches (FL) I choose the public beaches. Beaches are expensive, if you have a multimillion dollar tourism industry it makes sense to spend millions dredging sand, cleaning, and sanitizing. Guys like Khosla will want their private beach and want the state to fix it for them as well. Florida is full of entitled rich guys like this. It's their beach until a storm washes the sand away. Then it's our beach because the state has to dredge sand to backfill the hightide mark.

gesman 13y ago

You mean being promoted from tiny dick with nothing to massive dick with private beach? :) That would be a no brainer. In Vinod's case he bought an investment property and probably tried to minimize general public's pooping and loittering activities that always comes with a shared territory. At least I understand his angle of view after spending $20+M for something.

gaze 13y ago

That makes you actually a massive dick.