Sunday, 12 January 2025

Morning advertising

First up, we had a fleeting advertisement for spam from MSN in the top left slot of my Edge window when I started up this morning. Presumably prompted by the mention at reference 1, not reinforced by any search for same.

Then, more conspicuous, we had an advertisement from Dreamstime, conspicuous despite being disguised as an email from someone or something called 'Bogdan'. A site I visit occasionally, usually prompted by one of their images turning up in a search. I don't think I have an account with them, although I have occasionally lifted freebies. See, for example, reference 3.

The address given '1616 Westgate Circus, Brentwood, TN 37027, United States' leads to a leafy looking business estate, but with various vacant buildings and not one that I could see called 'Dreamstime'. But then, perhaps they see no need to advertise the presence of one of their call centres.

The aerial view is interesting too, with a large intersection left and a spacious looking housing estate right. Complete with a green barrier between the two. Street View suggests thick undergrowth with bushes and small trees. I wonder if children are allowed to play there?

The housing estate is a bit spread out compared with the Chase Estate we live on here at Epsom. Nice looking, but hot & dry in the summer and a bit spread out from a chatting to neighbours point of view. Possibly within walking range of a parade of shops. 

With the clutch snapped above not far away at all. 

A quick peek reveals nothing for sale in this particular road just presently, but what I do get suggests you might get one of these houses for upwards from $500,000. So cheaper than here - but what sort of people live there?

PS 1: out of here to a different Brentwood, this one in California. For which see reference 4.

PS 2: they say 'upscale' where we might say 'up market'. Has 'toney' fallen out of use?

References 

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2025/01/lidl-calling.html.

Reference 2: https://www.dreamstime.com/.

Reference 3: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2023/01/pudding.html.

Reference 4: Fires threaten more neighbourhoods as LA death toll rises to 16: Emergency services battle on multiple fronts as blazes force the evacuation of upscale Brentwood and Bel Air - Christopher Grimes, Financial Times - 2025.

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