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RT @TechCrunch: Protesters Smash Google Shuttle Bus Piñata To Fight Gentrification [Video] http://t.co/f3xpImrgE2 by @joshconstine
May 07, 2013
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Protesters Smash Google Shuttle Bus Piñata To Fight Gentrification [Video]
Sick of high-paid tech employees driving up rent prices, protestors in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood held a "Anti-Gentrification Block Party" and beat on a Google bus piñata before cops broke up the crowd. The area has long been home to artists and Mexican-American families, but they're being forced out as techies move in, their employers set up shuttle stops, and housing prices skyrocket.