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A "LocalInactivist" at reddit complains
about San Jose losing it's cultural edge:

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That's a familiar story for the Bay Area in general.

I responded with some reminiscing about the
old days of Palo Alto...                               https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/m04ug3/an_optimistic_vision_of_bart_in_the_2030s/gq8gmbt/

    "There’s not much to do here and the
    soul has been leeched out of the place."
                                                         CAVE
Preach it. When I got to Palo Alto in the mid-
80s it wasn't my favorite town, but there                       INTERNATIONAL_LAG
were some weird ass diners around (one on
University Ave was open 24 hours, had
remarkably dubious food served by zombie-
vampires, and was filled with cigarette smoke
at all times), the punk CFY records place was           PRINTERS_INK
tucked down an industrial alley on the other
side of the tracks (now it's a medical                     BIG_BOXES_OR_NONE
complex), there was easily a half-dozen
independent book stores in town, including
one of the first coffee house/book store
combos I'd ever seen, Printer's Ink, there
were some decent music shows at that place on
California (that went by several different           In the mid-90s I saw
names over the years, last one I remember was        "Miranda Sex Garden"
"The Edge")...                                       with "Einsteurzende
                                                     Neubauten" there.
I talked to a current resident of Palo Alto          They joined forces on
who absolutely loves the place, refering to          a transitional piece
it as "Mayberry RFD"....                             at the end of MSG's
                                                     opening set that was
                                                     easily one of the
                                                     best things either
                                                     group had done.






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