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Silicon Valley elites revealed as buyers of $800m of land to build utopian city
(www.theguardian.com)
how about we build a guillotine on the land instead
this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2023
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Genius. This area is a barren shit hole and a lot of it will be under water within 10 years.
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Are we talking San Francisco northern California?
Or actual northern California? (above Sacramento)
East of SF like 1 to 1.5 hours depending on traffic.
Okay good... Rich people keep moving to my area where most people aren't as well off.
They keep coming into our small towns and open up little Vinyard places. It's like that episode with SodoSopa, but in real life.
It's cool to see, but it makes the cost of living impossible!
What a waste of good farmland! I can't believe that people do not value the thing that actually sustains us.
It's a hideous area. And much of it will likely be underwater in ten years -- just about when they get the final approvals.
They are John Galt