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keep in mind too, glitzy things look dated in 20-30 years. To design and build a classic timeless look is a greater challenge. Maybe the idea is to constantly c

• timr 9y ago
  This. There's a reason that everything looks new in Chinese megacities: it is new. Let's see how shiny everything is in 30 years. Also, of course, there's a strong argument to be made that the California bungalow aesthetic of Silicon Valley is a big part of what made it what it is today: an entire generation of bright people saw California as a vision of life that was entirely distinct from the eastern industrial cities that came before it. Visions of surfing and orchards and intellectual freedom were attractive to the kind of liberal thinkers who invented personal computers.