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To: irishMN

I am part Hawaiian and moved to the mainland . What I see happening is the elitists buying up all the property in Hawaii, and people like you and me lose what living in a nice place should be.
It shows a great insensitivity to the local population.
I have been reflecting a lot about this in the last few days. It seems to me that the .01% is horning in on places that middle class people used to live. In the old days, they resided in their enclaves, and we never saw them. Now, they are taking away things we hold dear.
There is a marina near my home that my husband and I love, and visit all the time. When we were there last, a 150 foot super yacht was there. This yacht took about 3/4 of the guest dock space for one rich dude- who looked a lot like Bill Gates father. It took a lot of maneuvering to get our boat past this one. One boat took the space of 4-5 boats. A place where middle class people moor their boats. I am afraid the super rich are going to take over this marina, pushing the rest of us out.
I don’t mind the rich and their wealth. But when their overconsumption affects my lifestyle( and other people like me) just like Zuckerberg is doing in Kauai, then it is an issue.


25 posted on 07/01/2016 7:31:42 PM PDT by kaila
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To: kaila

I wouldn’t disagree that having 1 person take up 3/4 of the guest dock space is a situation the upsets many for the convienence of 1.

But if zuckerberg followed the law regarding fences I don’t think its acceptable to criticize his wall and not his neighbors wall. From what I understand many of his neighbors have a wall and his only crime is owning more land than them.

I don’t like the guy or his website, but it seems to me people are complaining about his wall and not his neighbors as they know it’ll hit the news being who he is.


34 posted on 07/02/2016 1:48:15 AM PDT by irishMN
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