Last Friday, I was grabbing a beer with a new departmental colleague, David Terry, when we spotted this San José protest. Folks were chanting, waving signs, and drawing attention to their cause. We had to stop a while and see what the fuss was about.Problem is: We couldn't quite understand the point of this revolt. The protesters were shouting slogans about "lower dues," which makes sense in a certain way. But then we had to ask: what were they rebuking? What dues? And what's with that other sign that announced, "Downtown Living"?
Then it all became clear. These scruffy looking "protesters" were advertising $270,000+ condos. They were apparently being paid to provoke some sort of rebellious attitude in support of local landlords.
Ah, give me that vibrant downtime life!
3 comments:
Wow, that's amazing! I don't know whether to be appalled or impressed! And, my goodness - only 200K for a condo??
You have to smile at the creative advertising.
Ooops - turns out the condos are $270,000 and up. Sorry about my initial typo!
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