Just noticed how bulletin boards tell the story of a neighborhood over time

Last week I snapped a pic of the board at Green Bean Coffee on 3rd Ave (been going there for 8 years now). Three years ago it was all paper flyers for garage sales and lost cats, but now it's mostly QR codes for food truck schedules and community garden signups. There was even a faded rental ad from 2019 still stapled in the corner that nobody's bothered to take down. Has anyone else watched their local board shift from paper to digital codes?

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nora_barnes11d ago

Saw the same thing happen at the hardware store board near my place. The old paper flyers had that weird musty smell and yellowed edges, but now it's half QR codes for local bakeries and half handwritten notes for dog walking. I'd say take a photo of that 2019 rental ad before someone finally pulls it down, those relics are becoming rare finds. Keep an eye on how fast the coffee shop QR codes fade from sun exposure, seems like a six month cycle before they need replacing.

the_joel11d ago

Man, that 2019 rental ad is a keeper for sure. I started taking polaroids of my local board every few months back in 2021, got this whole collection showing the shift from handwritten apartment listings to those little perforated tabs people tear off for dog walkers. The QR codes at my place go faded and unreadable after about four months in the sun, but the paper ones with actual phone numbers just hang there forever.