Ok, what I’m pretty sure is happening here really is during SXSW usually all the light posts get covered in wrap to stop people putting stickers and posters directly on them and I think someone went overboard with it, to incredibly asinine ends
taking a benevolent misunderstanding of that bench "oh nice, they've made a small waterproof enclosure, I just need to cut my entrance hole and a breathing hole and I can sleep warm and dry even in the Austin rain!"
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Source: An Austinite who was once also puzzled by plastic wrapped poles/utility boxes/trees
Aààaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh