Southern California: Geography Is Destiny

"Culturally, the valley is light years from the Westside. It is a ranching community that only recently morphed into suburbia. It's a historically conservative place, where a fierce belief in the primacy of property rights has guaranteed the steady construction of dream homes by the hundreds... Some say it highlights a long-established strategy for local governments looking to accommodate growth on the cheap: that is, approving big projects on the outskirts of their jurisdictions and forcing neighboring entities to deal with the accompanying burdens."

Thanks to Chris Steins