Ya think?
That's exactly what I said when I seen the first pictures of these neighborhoods in ash. <y thoughts were that if you could afford California living of this type, then you could afford a 100 yd strip of stone around your community. If you think about the costs associated with road maintenance that we experience in the N/E, and how these people have no salt, snow, or frost to ruin their roads, then they should be able to afford some fire protection. At least IMHO.