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#LifeinBoomtown: Take a Picture of Change

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Children play in downtown Redwood City as construction is done near the train station on Friday, January 2, 2015. (James Tensuan/KQED)

KQED wants your help capturing what this latest economic boom looks like. A few weeks ago, we asked you to show us your #selfies and introduce yourself. For our second Instagram challenge, we're asking you to take a picture of something in your neighborhood that has changed.

Whether it's a slew of new stores, a more crowded BART platform or perhaps a pricetag that gives you sticker shock -- what does change look like in your life? Snap a photo of it, post it to Instagram or Twitter, and tag it #lifeinboomtown.

To get us started, @Katayon submitted this photo of construction at the corner of Fremont and Folsom streets in San Francisco, which she labeled, "#ugly."

skyscraper under construction
Construction at the corner of Fremont and Folsom in San Francisco. (Katayon/Instagram)

And here's a picture of construction in downtown Redwood City from @JennDen74. She commented: "How many cranes can you count? Downtown Redwood City is about to change again."

Construction cranes in Construction cranes in downtown Redwood City.
Construction cranes in downtown Redwood City. (@JennDen74/Instagram)

What does change look like in your neighborhood or around your workplace? And feel free to add a line or two about whether you welcome the change or wish it wasn't happening. After all, one person's boom is another person's rising rent. #lifeinboomtown

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