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George Lucas Building Low-Income Housing Next Door To Millionaires
BarbaraHudson writes His neighbors wouldn't let him build a film studio on his land, so George Lucas is retaliating in a way that only the cream of Hollywood could — by building the largest affordable housing development in the area — and footing the entire $200 million bill, no government subsidies or grants. The complex of affordable housing, funded and designed by Lucas, would sit on 52 acres of land and provide homes to 224 low-income families, and there's very little his fellow Bay Area residents can do about it, because the land is zoned residential.
Bah, just screen every scene involving Jar Jar Binks on a continuous loop on a 50' tall screen.
That'll really piss them off.
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Don't forget the houses need support infrastructure - roads, sewerage, utilities, but also 224 homes will need a community hall, a couple of shops, a decent pub, a medical centre and/or dentist and (given this is America) at least seven churches.
Only a portion of the spend will go on houses.
Now rich fuckers get to enjoy meth labs in their neighborhood like the rest of us!
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In the Bay area anyone making under $350,000 is considered low income.
It's so bad they have bread lines at Panera Bread stores.
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Low Income Housing... You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.
<sarcasticly>But what about all those wealthy people, having low income houses will lower their property values and they will be less rich!</sarcasticly>
Part of the problem that we have is the physical separation of the Rich and Poor.
Poor people can learn a lot from rich people. As well rich people can learn some sympathy with the poor people and realize how much of their success was actually given to them, or by blind luck.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Look, we know it can't be a plot.
Lucas has demonstrated with the prequels that he doesn't understand 'plot'. ;-)
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Every house is a fancy underground complex, and each above-ground entrance will look like a trailer, and each one will come with a muscle car body on blocks and a patchy lawn with tacky lawn ornaments on it and an assortment of kids' toys strewn about. Also there will be a hair salon that gives free mullet cuts to residents XD
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George Lucas. He could use it for low-income housing.
If I had his money I'd be quickly scrambling to work out how to evade all authories on the entire planet, because I assume he'd want it back by any means?
To do something right, you often have to roll up your sleeves and get busy.
I'm sure the first building he builds will be pretty good, with hype to boot.
The second building will be the best one he ever builds.
The third building will have Ewoks.
I'd really hate to be the poor baster that ends up in a building after the third.
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