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The population of Marin is overwhelmingly white, Democrat, and financially well-off. In 2008, nearly 80% of the vote went to Obama. The main minority consists of Spanish-speaking immigrants who prosper by providing services such as gardening, house-cleaning, and child care. The going rate for babysitting is close to $20 an hour. Although official statistics say that the Hispanics have low incomes, those statistics are based on the assumption that landscapers and babysitters, often in the country illegally, carefully report their earnings to the government. (snip)” (http://www.bookwormroom.com/2012/05/07/marin-county-what-its-like-to-live-in-one-of-the-most-affluent-and-liberal-outposts-in-america/)
Bummer.
I havent seen a white person on a construction site in ten years
I havent seen a white person mowing a lawn in 16 years.
the little town I lived in in 2012 voted NINETY PERCENT for obummer!
it was sort pf a refuge for old hippies who can afford to get out of Berkeley....
Parked as I am at the moment a stones throw from Ross ....one of the more wealthy burgs in the state Im often stunned at the elitist attitudes of people who should KNOW BETTER!!
I see on the average of four or five teslas....drive by during given day!
Maseratis....Ferraris Lamborghinis...the usual fare..
the majority of the kids whove grown up here cant afford to buy a home anywhere NEAR here.
NIMBY is the key watchword...and HOME PRICES made up the Front Page HEADLINES in the local paper a few years ago