Turns out there is a Marvel planned community in Georgia… it also serves as a makeshift backlot… home prices are roughly the same as my Long Beach, CA suburb… downside of course is it’s in Georgia
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/marvel-trilith-town-georgia-1235194027/?fbclid=IwAR2byQCPwz-62G5BrGwylFjQmabLrLzgxABA8Ag8znO68mIhbiuHIjfcLhw On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 6:49 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > A former work colleague of mine left CA to go live in and work for > Celebration, I want to say in early or mid 90s. He became like their > Activities Director (kind of like Julie on the Love Boat). I lost direct > touch with him, but gathered from mutual acquaintances that at some point > Disney was no longer involved. > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 at 3:59 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> They did, in 2004, and the buyer, Lexin Capital, let the complex go >> practically to sh*t... a 2016 WSJ article, per Wiki >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida#Civil_suit> (link), >> reported they were sued to pay for millions in repairs. Still, a Google >> Street View casing of the area shows the area in relatively good shape. >> >> B >> >> PGage, to Kevin M and moi, Feb 16th: >> >>> Disney developed a community in Florida several decades ago - >>> “Celebration”, but it was maybe “Disney-Lite”, and *they may have >>> divested it by now*. >>> >>> This frankly sounds like a nightmare to me, based on my experience with >>> Disney culture at DisneyLand, which back in the 70s and 80s at least was >>> oppressive and controlling in their search for conformity in a way that >>> would make Stepford blush… >>> >>> For the uninitiated, this was Walt’s original vision of EPCOT, a planned >>>> community where people live, work, shop, and commute… the Disney way. Walt >>>> Disney World was intended to be more than a theme park and hotel location… >>>> Walt wanted to redesign contemporary American life. Rumor has it he hated >>>> Florida, but settled on that state because it had the least expensive yet >>>> still desirable real estate. But he died and nearly every aspect of what he >>>> envisioned was shelved. >>>> >>>> I don’t know that a Disney branded (licensed) community in this day and >>>> age will succeed, as the Disney brand itself is muddied and unfocused. >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/48faa998-7506-45a9-8e26-4043ee9b6f4cn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/48faa998-7506-45a9-8e26-4043ee9b6f4cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJtN9m-%2BNhxX_L2JanmV%3DCmy6Z%3DGXbOdmXVrwkxw8qF%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJtN9m-%2BNhxX_L2JanmV%3DCmy6Z%3DGXbOdmXVrwkxw8qF%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CtQ8X%3DesTA4WEbWDK7h5pCqMRpejc8ERCdZPL3tykoYw%40mail.gmail.com.
