These headphones won’t drown out the neighbors’ frustration.

Mark Zuckerberg may have thought he was turning down the volume on discontent in Palo Alto, California.

Instead, his latest gesture — distributing noise-canceling headphones, sparkling wine and Krispy Kreme donuts to the families living alongside his multiyear building spree — has amplified resentment, according to Fortune .

For more than a decade, the Meta chief and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have methodically acquired at least 11 properties in the Crescent Park neighborhood, transforming what was once a quiet enclave of professors and executives into a private compound worth more than $110 million. 8

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The project, which has included guest houses, gardens, a private school, underground facilities and frequent outdoo

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