SF Gate reports today on the ongoing construction work and unhappy neighbors near Mark Zuckerberg’s new home at 21st Street where it meets Fair Oaks.
If it’s any consolation, workers have made a lot of progress. Perhaps neighbors should commiserate with the residents of Pacific Heights, where it seems like every block has a huge renovation project going on.
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This construction has already been going on for about a year. Zuckerberg was “trying to keep a low profile” in regards to the fact that this is his place. Kinda funny that he’s “into privacy” considering he makes his money depleting other people’s…
Disagree. That area is an area of already nice homes that are full of wealthy folks. 2-3 years of construction is a long time to “remodel” a home. When you buy a home in an area where all the homes are nice and expensive, you probably don’t think someone will do a tear down and have teams of people working daily for years. These people already have money and live in a great area. I don’t think it’s envy as much as just plain annoyance. Remember, wealthy people tend to get annoyed by noise and unprettiness more than the average folks.
You are right in a way, in about 10 years they’ll forget about the annoyance and love their property values.
Short-sighted. nobody likes construction work on their block but it’s not forever and, when this is done, they’ll have uplifted property values and the kudos of a celebrity for a neighbor.
I wonder how much of this alleged disquiet is really just disguised envy?