> That’s just Santa Cruz culture, very aggro surfers

This sums it up well. If this were in New York, I’d be on the owner’s side (provided the food lives up). In Santa Cruz, it’s just tone deaf to (a) not involve the community in the design process, (b) not take the hint from the reviews and then (c) play the victim in the media.

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dcrazy 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe Santa Cruz residents should grow up. Thankfully we seem to be making progress against this NIMBY micromanaging culture up here in SF.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Maybe Santa Cruz residents should grow up It's their town. Also, I can't help but wonder why the owner didn't fight fire with playful fire–her place is literally called the salty otter. Be lovably salty!

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linksnapzz 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"involve the community in the design process".

I'd create an ad campaign for all my competitors-flyers, doorhangers etc. with the same info their usual ads have, but with slop-AI art all over them.

There isn't anything wrong w/ Santa Cruz that couldn't be solved by motivated YIMBYs parking a city of 800,000 people on top of it.