• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m seeing a lot less of that these days, thankfully. Los Angeles had fake palm tree cell towers when I was there. They’re even worse.

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        1 year ago

        I think they’re uglier than cell towers. They look like what they are- fake trees trying to blend in with real trees and doing it badly. That’s worse than simply putting up a metal and concrete tower to me.

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          The point is to not stick out on a cursory glance. As you drive by you see a bunch of green, you might notice there was something up with that particular tree, but that’s it. A plain cell tower would stick out from a distance, interrupting the natural view.

          It’s like those mirror covered buildings that reflect their surroundings, giving the impression of unbroken landscape as you drive by. They’re not invisible, you know there’s a huge building there, but it’s a hell of a lot less disruptive than a regular one.

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            It’s like those mirror covered buildings that reflect their surroundings, giving the impression of unbroken landscape as you drive by. They’re not invisible, you know there’s a huge building there, but it’s a hell of a lot less disruptive than a regular one.

            Those buildings kill birds tho, thye don’t see the building and hit the mirrors at full speed

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          Or, consider that the ugly ones may be the only ones you’ve actually noticed. The rest would then be working as intended.

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            1 year ago

            Just like wigs or esthetic surgery. We generally have the impression that wigs looks terrible, just because we only notice the bad one. The good one goes unnoticed.

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      I live in LA and to be fair, palm trees are basically fake trees in the first place, they’re mostly non-native Q-Tips that give no shade. The cell towers should just cover themselves with billboards, they’d fit right in and make extra cash from the side hustle.

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        1 year ago

        I’m not a fan of the palm trees either, but a perfectly straight pole with fake leaves that do basically nothing to hide the fact that it’s a cell tower was even worse to my eyes.

        The craziest thing about billboards when I was in L.A. was the trucks driving around with billboards on them that were only being driven around because of those billboards. I guess the cost of a truck and fuel is still cheaper than paying for an actual billboard on Hollywood or Sunset.