George Lucas Does Something Likeable For a Change: Revenge on Rich Neighbors

[Richard Hakluyt]

I was surprised how empty Marin county was when I went through with Katmai a few years back, it is so close to SF. But then highway 1 seems to avoid the population centres in the county.

[CountDeMoney]

But then highway 1 seems to avoid the population centres in the county.

It was designed that way.

[PDH]

There are no population centers there.  Marin has "special financial arrangements" that date way back to keep the riff-raff out.

[Richard Hakluyt]

But then highway 1 seems to avoid the population centres in the county.

It was designed that way.

....and it works well, a fantastic drive 

[garbon]

There are jobs.  Not all of Marin is Tiburon.  Along Hwy 1 there is the normal California type light highway parasitic economy.

I just looked up where his ranch is. Is that really that fancy right there? Given how wooded/hilly it is, will the neighbors even see the poor people?

[PDH]

I just looked up where his ranch is. Is that really that fancy right there? Given how wooded/hilly it is, will the neighbors even see the poor people?

California does obstructionist really well though - look up some of the Coastal Commission laws.

[sbr]

There are jobs.  Not all of Marin is Tiburon.  Along Hwy 1 there is the normal California type light highway parasitic economy.

I just looked up where his ranch is. Is that really that fancy right there? Given how wooded/hilly it is, will the neighbors even see the poor people?

They could smell them.

[Josquius]

There are jobs.  Not all of Marin is Tiburon.  Along Hwy 1 there is the normal California type light highway parasitic economy.

Is this road clinging sprawl a particularly Californian thing?
It's always struck me as quite generally American but then California is the main example we see of the US.

Marin County is not London. Far, far, FAR from it.
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Marin county is mostly just little high priced bedroom communities. There is one "large" town (Novato) that has all of 50,000 people in it.

I am sure there is some need for low income workers in Marin (hell, I lived there before I got my degree, and worked as a waiter in a restaurant) but it's nothing like London where you need a lot of them.

The idea that there is any *need* for more low income housing in Marin County is completely unsupported. Perhaps there is, I don't know - but Lucas wanting to screw over his neighbors is certainly not evidence that such a need exists.

London is just the famous example which is regarded as a national problem. The same happens in small, wealthy towns too.

[garbon]

Marin isn't a small wealthy town.