Not a good sign, I'm afraid.
When President Richard Nixon bought his place on Key Biscayne (Dade County, FL) the island got "discovered", and all the houses (2-3000 of them) on the island tripled in value -- seemingly overnight. News that should have been viewed as neutral, though some of my Key friends could no longer afford to live there.
The good news was that the county secured some public areas along the shorefront where folks still raft, anchor, and overnight in protected anchorages.
The bad news was that ALL the island became SO valuable that the county "interpreted" a HUGE "olde family" gift of palmtree-filled picnic grounds "for the public enjoyment" to mean that the Lipton Tennis Tournament could convert palm trees into pavement, and picnic tables to grandstands and courts.
If history is any guide, I'm voting Democrat!
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