I personally could not be happier with Bird's downfall. I was seriously thinking of running (as a one-issue candidate lol) for some City office in Santa Monica

I personally could not be happier with Bird's downfall. I was seriously thinking of running (as a one-issue candidate lol) for some City office in Santa Monica to get them off the streets. It was absolutely bonkers how terrible it was when they're weaving past you while driving, how terrible it was with people leaving them in front of my apartment building, and how terrible it was that the majority of folks taking advantage of them were out-of-towners anyways. This one time when I was walking home from a bar, some poor girl face-planted off a scooter in the middle of the street, she started crying, bleeding/etc. and myself and a few other bystanders had to call 911 to make sure she's okay and taken care of. So the vibe of cool cities like Santa Monica were totally ruined by these annoying "micromobility" startups, but also from a business standpoint, the idea also made no sense. All their pivots (in particular: what do you do with used scooters?), fell flat. With that said, I do know folks that worked at Bird (mostly ex-Uber or from the LA tech scene), and they were super smart, motivated, and driven people.