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- j01101010, on 07/08/2009, -0/+38Without more pictures or at least more details, this article sucks.
- zerohelix, on 07/08/2009, -0/+23For $165 million i'd much rather have all the maple syrup that Canada exports per year
- ghostrc, on 07/08/2009, -0/+22"Even if you aren't wealthy, this house may look familiar -- it was used for a scene in The Godfather!"
All wealthy people are familiar with this house - WinkyMcGee, on 07/08/2009, -0/+18Dugg for the Maple Syrup comparison.
- Dragonskies, on 07/07/2009, -1/+19The estate in the article is not Hearst Castle. You're off by about 236 miles, driving-wise.
- diemunkiesdie, on 07/08/2009, -0/+16Hearst paid $120,000 for the house in 1947. Adjusted for inflation, that is only $1,150,794.62 now!
- inactive, on 07/08/2009, -3/+19***** Hearst for making Mary Jane illegal. Rot in heal mother *****.
- chadsmith729, on 07/07/2009, -2/+18By the Numbers
1 Disco
3 Swimming Pools
29 Bedrooms
41 Bathrooms
10 hours
Estimated time to give all bathrooms a quick cleaning
$87 million
Box office take for The Godfather (made for $6 million)
Other Stuff Worth $165 million
Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet
Bill Clinton Presidential Library
All the maple syrup Canada exports per year
NASA's Mars Polar Lander
--- Because lord knows I hate reading anything more than I have to on Reader's Digest. - Homerr, on 07/07/2009, -0/+15Location: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8& ...
- BassMastr, on 07/08/2009, -5/+20B/c the world pays to see their hard work. Would you rather they sit on the money and horde it or spend it and put people to work? Rich people are not the Devil. Are you Communist?
- kromix, on 07/08/2009, -3/+17Rephrasing the above comment for jayjayjoni... You should have said:
I am not a communist. I am a socialist who understands the definition of equality and fairness, thus I support the redistribution of wealth this guy worked for, because I am lazy and rather have his free money than work for mine. - Hu99, on 07/08/2009, -4/+17Communist, much?
- TylerDuhrdan, on 07/07/2009, -0/+13Sure, let me just write a check for it.
- Cockslap, on 07/08/2009, -2/+15Yeah, you know. Communist. If its your money, its your money.... not everyone elses. Earn it instead of looking for a hand out.
- danconia, on 07/08/2009, -0/+11Sounds like the family should learn to aim at the toilet a bit better.
- Shagmire, on 07/07/2009, -2/+12no interior pics? buried
- tnoy, on 07/08/2009, -0/+10I dont know about you, but I hate having to use the same toilet more than once a month.
Some of us have standards. - nmerki, on 07/07/2009, -1/+10It's Xanadu!
- inactive, on 07/08/2009, -0/+8*hell
- WinkyMcGee, on 07/08/2009, -0/+8No, the house called Xanadu in Citizen Kane is actually Hearst Castle at San Simeon which makes this house look like mobile home.
From Wikipedia: "Hearst Castle featured 56 bedrooms, 61 bathrooms, 19 sitting rooms, 127 acres (0.51 km2) of gardens, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, a movie theater, an airfield, and the world's largest private zoo. Zebras and other exotic animals still roam the grounds."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Castle - JohnGalt750, on 07/08/2009, -3/+11Nope, no you don't.
You think that because someone does better they should keep less. By whose definition is that fair? - JohnGalt750, on 07/08/2009, -1/+8allow them?
From where do we derive the right to not to allow it?
We make people rich when we buy or invest in something they produce. If we want to take what they make without payment that's theft. - Legolover64, on 07/08/2009, -2/+9I'm sorry, but the views you hold are an insult to the groups you claim to be a part of.
I'm a conservative, and even I can spot how off-mark you are.
The owner of this estate got to where they are by working. Wow! What a hard thing to do! - AwakeningAZ, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7When I win the Mega Millions tonight, I will do just that.
And it will still bounce. - inactive, on 07/08/2009, -1/+7fairness is getting paid for what you contribute to the world. The Hearsts made their fortune because society (customers) determined that their contributions were worth that much.
That's not fair to you? - j01101010, on 07/08/2009, -2/+8A scene from that movie was filmed there.
- andrewlotta, on 07/08/2009, -1/+7$165mil sounds like nothing these days.
- blackb0x, on 07/08/2009, -0/+6classy people don't play bball. They play tennis and polo.
- nullcodes, on 07/08/2009, -0/+56.5 acres ain't really that big.
- EverybodyPanic, on 07/08/2009, -0/+5I was curious about the number of bathrooms required in a house. It turns out 41 bathrooms for 29 bedrooms is very excessive, seems to me they enjoyed sitting on the can a bit too much.
According to that calculator I googled http://www.potty4u.com/calculator.php
41 bathrooms can accommodate up to 6000 attendees for a 10 hours event where alcohol is served. - Kedyn, on 07/08/2009, -0/+5The reply button. Use it.
- tnoy, on 07/08/2009, -1/+6So, equality is limiting the weath and success of some people to compensate for those who dont put effort into life?
Equality is letting anyone accumulate as much money as they want. - loneraver, on 07/08/2009, -0/+4Rosebud!!!
- LoudMusic, on 07/08/2009, -1/+5Wow, I would so not spend that money on a house. Maybe 10 mil, tops. The rest would go into a huge sailboat, a private jet, a small collection of cars, and paying many of the world's great OSS developers for their time and effort.
- joculator, on 07/08/2009, -0/+4Won't sell for 165 million, the broker is BSing.
- isunktheship, on 07/08/2009, -0/+4I'm not talkin' 'bout RICH, I'm talkin' 'bout WEALTHY
- nullcodes, on 07/08/2009, -0/+4How much less is it walking?
- aphex, on 07/08/2009, -0/+4The broker stands to make between $3,000,000 and $5,000,000 before expenses. Not bad.
- ToastedFart, on 07/08/2009, -3/+6I wouldn't buy it because it belonged to Hearst.
- MilfordCubicle, on 07/08/2009, -0/+3love it when someone pulls something like this out. informative, and lul-inducing...
- thecheatah, on 07/08/2009, -0/+3lol, all tennis courts no bball..
- tnoy, on 07/08/2009, -0/+3Even if you bought it, they still wouldnt... actually, I'm pretty sure a chunk of them are shallow enough to sleep with any guy that owns it.
- sambapati87, on 07/08/2009, -0/+3I hope you're a troll, but if not, you're an idiot.
- Ymeg, on 07/08/2009, -0/+3So that trolls on digg can have something to bitch about.
- isunktheship, on 07/08/2009, -0/+31 Severed horse head
- Kahnza, on 07/08/2009, -0/+3Guests and staff
- tnoy, on 07/08/2009, -0/+3In California property tax is 1% of the sale price of the home.
Assuming you got it for the $165M, you'd be paying $1.65M a year in property tax. So, only like $4,500 a day. - inactive, on 07/08/2009, -3/+6So we need to know financial information about it? It's still pretty arbitrary. Maybe if it had said that renting the house for shooting cost $x...
- inactive, on 07/08/2009, -1/+3and the play beer pong with glasses of Chardonnay.
- lhbaker, on 07/08/2009, -0/+2You only have to clean the bathrooms you use.
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