• Owl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 days ago

    The SF Bay area is one of the nicest natural climates in the world according to common preferences - stable temperatures with the extremes around 11°C and 27°C, rarely rains, but still wet enough that there’s greenery, bay and mountain views.

    It is completely covered in asphalt to accommodate low density car infrastructure.

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      8 days ago

      There’s an arid area, and some nice mountains (okay not super tall but styll). Video game-ass biome overall, like I wonder if it became techbro central because it has the same design as a generic open world game.

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        Unfortunately the real answer lies somewhere in a 700-page book by Malcolm Harris. But basically it’s techbro central because California is a uniquely fucked place, unlike anywhere else in the world

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        Generic open world games came after the bay area lol. There’s probably still a cause and effect relationship there though, just the other way around. Same as why all the planets they visit in Star Trek look suspiciously like the Californian desert with a color filter.