I've got nothing against Hayek or Rand, I just don't think they finished the job with their ideas. I differ somewhat with Hayek over monopoly as I don't think that he properly understood irreversability or the proper role sovereignty. Rand had no clue at all about what to do about economic externalities. There was plenty of room to play with ideas and I think I have hit on a few, though they need more development. I do hope you find the book illuminating and that its principles may have some historic and practical significance.
I was curious before the purchase. The situation in California, as described in Developing Hostility does seem to be a kind of deliberate act on the part of the various players.
Here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, (Houghton,Keweenaw Counties) the land is in the hands of a large company. International Paper. While Lower Michigan has an abundance of 10-acre residential-lot-Ponderosas (the result of zoning and land division acts), the majority of the land here has remained in large blocks, many 640-acre blocks. The tax situation is also interesting in comparison. Here we have "Commercial Forest Reserve," a situation where a landowner receives the benefits of a greatly reduced property tax in exchange for enrolling property (forest) in CFR, writing a plan for eventual harvest, and permitting access for hunting and fishing(although anything goes.) There was a forboding of things to come for this area on page 111 of the book: The key to flushing out the owners has been laws governing septic systems. North of here, locals were opposed to development of a ski hill. Sewage, and what to do with it, is a big issue. The people demanding attention from regulators for the ski hill's system are living with systems that were designed for seasonal use, now accomodating year-round residents. Much of it lakeshore property....the plot thickens.