[Article] In 2015, George Lucas pulled a reverse gentrification in Marin County CA, building low-income housing as revenge for the rich residents blocking his movie studio project.

Surprisingly, it sounds like a decent thing. Real estate owners were probably unhappy with everything getting cheaper, but for usual people it's a positive change

While this has led some to speculate that Lucas' plans for affordable housing are motivated by revenge, the film magnate's previous philanthropic efforts would indicate otherwise.

On the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, 70-year-old Lucas pledged the $4.05 billion proceeds of the sale to education. He has also set up an educational foundation, Edutopia, and has signed the Giving Pledge, a promise to will at least half his fortune to charity.

Amm....

When the proposal was first announced back in 2012, there was a predictable backlash from residents, who believed that affordable housing would bring crime into the area and lower property values; and head of the North San Rafael Coalition of Residents Carolyn Lenert said that the project was "inciting class warfare".

It's only class warfare when the rich are hurt. Or mildly uncomfortable.

Every once in a while, I see evidence for my friend’s theory that the most powerful force in the universe is spite.

On one hand building affordable housing is a good thing, on the other hand I'm not quite sure how to feel about the rich using working class people 'as revenge'.