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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on August 12, 2025, 10:46:02 PM
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Mark Zuckerberg angers locals in tony Silicon Valley enclave over sprawling 11-home, $110M compound: ‘They’ve occupied our neighborhood’
For years, Palo Alto’s Crescent Park was a postcard of California suburban bliss — leafy streets, neighborly block parties, and children coasting on bikes. Now, residents say their once-idyllic enclave has been transformed into a real-life game of Monopoly, with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg buying up the board.
Since arriving in 2011, the billionaire and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have amassed at least 11 properties along Edgewood Drive and Hamilton Avenue, spending more than $110 million.
Five homes were folded into an expansive private compound for the couple and their three daughters, outfitted with guest houses, lush gardens, a pickleball court, and a pool with a hydrofloor cover, according to the New York Times.
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No this 6 foot red cedar fence from the Midwest will not be necessary because they should all be families so no need for privacy...
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These 6 ft. tall wooden fence looks nice from the heart of Wisconsin but won't be needed Chan and Zuckerberg and their family:
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Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors because of the nonstop construction around his 11 homes
Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire cofounder of Facebook and CEO of Meta, reportedly gave noise-canceling headphones to his neighbors in the Crescent Park neighborhood of Palo Alto in an effort to address years of frustration over ongoing construction and disruption surrounding his expanding residential compound, according to the New York Times.
Zuckerberg has spent more than $110 million purchasing at least 11 homes on Edgewood Drive and Hamilton Avenue over the past 14 years, transforming this once-idyllic neighborhood of lawyers, business executives, and Stanford University professors into a zone dominated by construction equipment, surveillance, and frequent lavish parties.
Some of these properties that were recently purchased sit unoccupied, despite being in a region known for its acute housing shortage, while others have been converted into guest homes, lush gardens, a pickleball court, a pool with a hydrofloor, and—at least for a time—a private school for Zuckerberg’s children and several others (a use that appears not to comply with local zoning ordinances).
Underneath the compound, Zuckerberg added 7,000 square feet of space described as “basements,” which to area residents are more akin to “bunkers” or a “billionaire’s bat cave.” Zuckerberg similarly added a 5,000-square-foot underground structure to his compound in Hawaii, which he insists is not a “doomsday bunker.”
Much of the discontent centers on the nearly eight years of continual construction. Several neighbors cited street blockages, debris, and relentless noise as ongoing issues.
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Yep, these Green Bay, WI homes need their fence:
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