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Facebook Town!
« on: July 10, 2017, 01:22:35 PM »
http://thefederalist.com/2017/07/10/facebook-gated-boomtown-aims-protect-wealthy-employees-lefts-housing-policies/

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Facebook has just announced its plans to build an old-fashioned “company town”—except that these days, since millennials are never expected to act as if they leave college, it is called a “campus.” Facebook’s proposed Willow Campus in Silicon Valley’s Menlo Park won’t just have offices. It will have 1,500 units of housing, along with grocery stores, restaurants, and retail space, so if you work there, you may never need to leave. That either sounds nice, or kind of creepy.

In fact, these plans have already drawn some tut-tutting from those who see Facebook Town as a kind of Silicon Valley Cloud Cuckoo Land, where the elites live in blissful separation from the rest of us.

Reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKOb-kmOgpI
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Re: Facebook Town!
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2017, 01:37:44 PM »
The Eagles, Hotel California:

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But you can never leave!
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Re: Facebook Town!
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2017, 01:38:54 PM »
I might not last very long or be very effective but I'll be a real pain in the ass for a minute!
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Re: Facebook Town!
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2017, 01:55:30 PM »
Gotta go work on the script. Reimagining Mad Max with roving bands of kekistanis outside town stealing all the memes. Can we get Pelosi for a "This is Facebook town!" cameo? :D
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Re: Facebook Town!
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2017, 06:55:21 PM »
Kind of reminds me of this that I recently learned about, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWgKEI7Tfa8
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Re: Facebook Town!
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2017, 07:05:29 AM »
Since Zuckerberg is such an open borders type of guy maybe he can make Facebook town a sanctuary city.
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Re: Facebook Town!
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2017, 07:48:39 AM »
Ask George Pullman how the concept of a company town worked out...
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