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Re:Why California is so expensive: It’s not just the weather... by st3v3r on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @06:25PM (#12125406)
It's not that they don't want to share it, it's that they don't want it to change. If you live in a peaceful, quiet neighborhood, you don't want huge buildings going up, ruining your landscape, bringing more traffic, and basically changing everything you liked about the area when you moved there.
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Re:Why California is so expensive: It’s not just the weather... by davidw on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @06:28PM (#12125420)
Because when they moved there, they contributed none of those negative things...

http://cityobservatory.org/the-immaculate-conception-theory-...

This is exactly what "drawbridge mentality" means.

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