I work in the development office of a tiny city that's surrounded by a major city. It's an enclave for the mega-wealthy. Literally every household is at least millionaires, and we have our share of billionaires.

It's surreal doing code enforcement on people you see in international news, or getting a call about potholes from a Hollywood director. Mundane civic stuff, but with extremely weird, powerful, entitled people.

Also, the houses we review are insane. We were doing irrigation inspections the other day and a lot of the sprinkler system served arboretums (plural) inside the house.

There's one I was reviewing that has 3 bedrooms, but 14 bathrooms. Because they have galleries, a library, wine cellar bigger than most houses, the staff kitchen, etc.

Our municipal code has separate ordinances for Guesthouses and Servant's Quarters (not allowed to be as big if it's servant quarters).

We have a family that bought a 10 million dollar property to tear it down and build a private soccer field for their kids to use.

We had a homeowner cut down a bunch of historic trees to make room for a new patio, resulting in a 6-figure fee for illegally removing the trees. We dropped off the citation, and they pulled out a checkbook and paid the fine in about a minute.

Rich people live in a different world, and I drive there daily.

Why do I do it? It pays half-again more than my previous city, and I occasionally get to say "no" to billionaires.