What actually *is* Malibu for? All I know of it is what's in the Big Lebowski, which mostly defines it as Where The Dude Does Not Belong, and also Malibu Stacey which has a bunch of associations.
It\u2019s a thin strip of beach between the sea and some well-weathered mountains north of the western edge of LA (plus a few canyons heading inland). It used to be close enough to Los Angeles (which actually grew from the fairly far-inland downtown westward towards the beach) to be easily reachable while far enough away to be an escape from civic society, kind of the Hamptons of LA. Celebrities started settling there in the 1920s in unassuming getaway shacks where they could get fucked up and fuck each other in peace.
Since then it\u2019s gotten downright absurd, if you\u2019re not initiated I can go \u201cguess how much this costs\u201d and from even asking the question you know it\u2019s a lot and guess high and I say \u201cnope, more\u201d and you guess higher and I say \u201cnope, more\u201d and you\u2019re like \u201choly shit\u201d. If you can afford it it\u2019s got a nice small-town feel in a place where that\u2019s worth something though.
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