[sudo-discuss] Possible new sudo space

[Pete Forsyth]

Everybody has different views on gentrification. But speaking for myself,
the kind that bothers me is the high-security condos with on-site parking
where rich people get cheap real estate and then have zero incentive or
inclination to engage with their neighbors. They drive to work, drive to
Whole Foods, and in between sit behind bars on their balconies while their
neighbors push shopping carts by their fortresslike front doors to the
recycling center.

Sudo Room *exists* to build community. It may not build the kind of
community that everybody wants to  participate in, but it does offer
opportunities that don't exist absent a hacker space. It's hard for me to
imagine Sudo Room doing damage to its neighborhood, and even if something
unexpected happened, I think its community would act quickly to correct the
problem.

Pete


On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 8:45 AM, AnimationAmber . <
amberyadaanimation at gmail.com> wrote:

> It should be noted that aiming for a space in a "less-gentrified"
> neighborhood does overlook the possibility that Sudo's presence would have
> a gentrifying effect. Thoughts?
>
> -amber
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Marc Juul <juul at labitat.dk> wrote:
>
>> Matt, Jenny and myself went and looked at another space that could
>> potentially be a new sudo space.
>>
>> We've started gathering information about it here:
>>
>>   https://sudoroom.org/wiki/8th_and_Alice
>>
>> My personal feeling about the space is:
>>
>> This is an awesome space with lots of natural light. It addresses two of
>> the major concerns raised about The Omni in being two blocks from BART in a
>> neighborhood that seems/feels safer than the area around MacArthur BART,
>> and in being located in a less gentrified neighborhood. The one drawback in
>> comparing it to the current space and The Omni is the lack of a big
>> separate common area for events. It is _very_ similar to Noisebridge in
>> almost every way.
>>
>> --
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>>
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