SANTA MONICA CA sits right the intersection of some massive societal forces. Those are, for beginners : wealthy wage slaves, Malibu day trippers, Beverly Hills deal makers, permanently homeless, meth addicts, mentally ill, American tourists, International husband hunters, retired models (attractive women in their 30s), and, perhaps most strangely, a high population of AI-powered robots (Waymo & Zoox robotaxis, Coco delivery bots, police drones, and the random humanoid robot).
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Primary Forces / Population segments:
- Wealthy Residents
- signal: $5,000 1BR rents
- signal: luxury cars (G-Wagons, >$100k mercedes, porsches)
- signal: exotic cars (Ferarri, Lambos, Mclarens, Rolls)
- signal: $9 black coffees and $28 deli sandwiches
- International Tourists
- from all around the world
- silly disposable income
- love Santa Monica Pier (where no locals dare to wander)
- Addicts & Homeless
- poorest of the poor
- 1200 beds across 4 homeless shelters in
one of the highest rent districts in America - feed off donations from the tourists
- high percentage of a) meth addicts and b) mentally ill
- Robots
- Robots population and homelessness are matched stats
- they rise and fall together (mostly rise)
- primary indicator: Waymo robotaxis and Coco delivery bots
- double as corporate & law enforcement surveillance systems