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> Why Keep It Hidden? Because yuppies. It's all of two blocks from the biggest Whole Foods Market in the Triangle.
by mnemonicsloth 13y ago
> Why Keep It Hidden?
Because yuppies. It's all of two blocks from the biggest Whole Foods Market in the Triangle.
- anigbrowl 13y agoI'm not sure why you were downvoted. Having spent some time there this seems like an eminently reasonable answer.
- rosser 13y agoI'm not sure why you were downvoted. Because smugness?
- pstack 13y agoBecause nobody but yuppies would prefer not to have a giant substation or maintenance station of various sorts slammed right into the middle of a neighborhood? Also, for things that would otherwise simply not be covered at all, it keeps kids and vandals away and other potential liabilities.
- eitally 13y agoAs the article states, not because yuppies, because church and general environmental sensitivity on the part of the city management. They planned to disguise it forty years ago when it was planned, as I'm sure many communities have similarly done. Imho, this is similar to the practice of disguising urban cellular towers, a la http://twistedsifter.com/2012/08/examples-of-cell-phone-tower-disguises/ http://twistedsifter.com/2012/08/examples-of-cell-phone-towe...
- moocowduckquack 13y agoI just looked up the company Whole Foods Market that has those premises, they started in Austin in 1980, so presumably the City of Raleigh must have some of the best public officials in the world, given they can predict both yuppies and the future location of specific businesses.
- TDL 13y agoBecause aesthetics matter.