Let's be real here. The dude is Mormon and has autism. Both of these things predispose someone to believe in formal rules over things that people think but don't say. Obviously the people selling him the property priced it based on what everyone thinks, but doesn't say, except in the prices of their offers to sell. The sad part is just that the strength of America has historically been that the difference between what people think and what people say has been small, but lately it has been trending larger.