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I think using unused office space is an exceptional idea. This will never happen at Twitter’s headquarters, but, Elon has a wonderful way of making everyone thi
by Overtonwindow 5y ago
I think using unused office space is an exceptional idea. This will never happen at Twitter’s headquarters, but, Elon has a wonderful way of making everyone think about things differently. massively wealthy companies in Silicon Valley, yet a crisis of homelessness.
- misnome 5y agoHasn’t there been a whole slew of companies that attempted to do this before; realising that office space doesn’t convert very well…
- unicornmama 5y agoNo one had ever considered the juxtaposition of homelessness and wealth in San Francisco until Elon came along. The scales have fallen from our eyes. Huzzah. Excelsior!
- dazc 5y ago> No one had ever considered the juxtaposition of homelessness and wealth in San Francisco until Elon came along. Yet few of these people have ever considered doing anything about it?
- not_math 5y agoCities around the world did something similar (and didn't just trolled) during the pandemic. A lot of people had the same idea while seeing all these empty buildings. https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/07/15/downtown-hotel-turned-homeless-shelter-gets-first-residents/ https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/07/15/downtown-hotel-tu... https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-requisitions-two-hotels-to-shelter-homeless https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-requisi... https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/dartmouth-hotel-to-be-converted-into-homeless-shelter-1.5644623 https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/dartmouth-hotel-to-be-converted-... https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/10/12/toronto-has-2500-people-living-in-hotel-shelters-what-happens-when-those-leases-expire.html https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/10/12/toronto-has-2500...
- Overtonwindow 5y agoWow a lot of unhappy silicon valley folks downvoting. Still haven’t heard a good reason why this proposal is bad?