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I'll bite. Because it's an interesting cultural story, with an intersection of several topics commonly fascinating to HN readers based on past front page action: books, bookstores, government conflict, public / private sector policy collision, underdog narrative. Independent bookstores are widely regarded as culturally significant.

This story is very, very obviously right up HN's alley. It would be more surprising if it weren't upvoted.

20-something year old technology tinkerer interests often broaden as the tinkerers gain repeated experience with the non-tech portion of the world.

To connect it to technology, statistics & economics could be used to evaluate the counterfactual property valuation should historical status for the home had never been declared.

It's a factor in the insane cost of real estate in tech hub cities where many of us are attempting to live and work.