In 2015, George Lucas pulled a reverse gentrification in Marin County CA, building low-income housing as revenge for the rich residents blocking his movie studio project.
https://www.cnet.com/culture/george-lucas-to-build-affordable-housing-in-one-of-the-richest-parts-of-america/Open linkView original on lemmy.ml145
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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
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At least they're not all terrible:
I swear stuff like this and reverse motivation could be put to good use way more often