Post AbjWM4PbydpkYqYsoS by ourdumbfuture@hachyderm.io
 (DIR) More posts by ourdumbfuture@hachyderm.io
 (DIR) Post #AbjTF5fAczsyYEorPE by mttaggart@infosec.town
       2023-11-12T14:00:11.286Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       Went down to the Google/Yahoo area in Playa Vista today to take advantage of the park and it is just the most plastic, dystopian possible version of everything. I resent that the park is actually private and bans skateboarding in LA.I resent that there is no actual parking for people, yet companies' adjacent massive lots lie empty on the weekends.I resent that all the housing has gone to employees with minimal external benefit for the community.At least the Goog left standing an important bit of history—the Spruce Goose's birthplace—but otherwise, the whole section of LA reminds me of the planet Miranda from "Serenity."
       
 (DIR) Post #AbjWM4PbydpkYqYsoS by ourdumbfuture@hachyderm.io
       2023-11-12T14:17:15Z
       
       1 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @mttaggart Interesting! I lived in LA pre-tech park but it sounds sort of similar to what Salesforce is doing with downtown SF. I don't really want to spend my leisure time in 'Salesforce Park' and the idea of a software company having such a big footprint in every day urban life is just.... grim.Perhaps because it turns shared space, no matter how feature-filled and nice it is, into a brand marketing opportunity?
       
 (DIR) Post #AbjWW5spMVBu1I0U4G by mttaggart@infosec.town
       2023-11-12T14:36:52.535Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @ourdumbfuture@hachyderm.io In this case it's not even the tech companies themselves; it's the property management company for the massive ad-hoc city of expensive condos that has sprung up near the offices.But with all the property they did buy, the tech firms could have set aside a great deal more of what used to be the Ballona Wetlands.