I've been to SF three times, and each time the oddest thing was going down 101 from the airport and seeing cURL commands and "you sped past that just like we sped past Snowflake" and such on billboards. It's like being on another planet where everyone is at work.
reply(on the other hand, in DC there's ads on the metro for new engine upgrades for fighter jets, and i've gotten used to that.)
And in LA, every billboard is about Hollywood. It's something you just have to take in your stride.
replyI do get that it is not nice to be constantly reminded of work. Trees would make a nicer view.
Who can forget the billboards that launched a "career"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelyne
replyI visited L.A. in 2023 and the thing that shocked me was how many billboards were for products that I only ever heard advertised on podcasts. MeUndies, for example.
replyI don't miss billboards. Cows, trees, mountains, and lumberyards make better scenery.
replyThe trees are canonical though.
reply I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree
Indeed, unless the billboards fall
I’ll never see a tree at all.
Song of the Open Road - Ogden Nash[flagged]
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