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Re “Retail in Malibu is going ritzy,” April 16

Splendid. No doubt more in response to people’s needs than a mere desire for profit, developers in Malibu are working to replace real life with an elite image indistinguishable from that of other, all-too-common ritzy clusters.

One hopes that like the folks who, in search of market share, brought us the Edsel, they get the share they deserve.

Walter Houk

Woodland Hills