KCRag Forum

LM? and US? (Union Station?) What is LM? Seattle seems to be fine with monorail and it looks awesome. It doesn't look "state fair" to me. It looks like world class city. LM is the Liberty Memorial and Chastain has not proposed a monorail linking the two sites but a gondola, similar to the...

Ich bin happy! GO DEUSTCHLAND! I'm happy for Deustchland.  Great country with really nice people.  Interesting article in the Star Sports about the world cup and Germany's Nazi past.  It is an interesting article but I say enough already, let the Germans have some national pride, sing their anthem....

It would be really disappointing if the KC area lost Embarq to Las Vegas or Orlando (as stated in the article as, hopefully, slim possibilities) but the article also mentions the possibility of moving downtown.  Per the CEO of Embarq about moving downtown....."Make me an offer I can't refuse&qu...

Big messages from the Surgeon General today. One of the things that struck me by the TV coverage was that he said 60% of NONsmokers showed signs of problems from second hand smoke. I suspect I am one of them.  Never smoked in my life but both parents smoked until I was a teenager (remarkably neithe...

Michael® wrote: Wow, finally the Star tackles a real news issue related to the city.
I knew they'ed come around within a few years.

Quite frankly, I think they read this board and get ideas from it.  There are times I have seen things written in the star almost quoted verbatim from posts here. 

Although you really are the expert on the subject, I know that for the $3 million dollars that Deffenbaugh spent on that facility, they are making a "heck" of a profit, particularly given the current rise in the cost of natural gas. Timing was, of course, of the essence. That's interestin...

Nothing depresses me more than senseless destruction and waste.  I love this type of thread but it's rather depressing to ponder how foolish we have been destroying our urban core and heritage.  I vividly remember the columns in the Paseo shot so I suspect they have been destroyed relatively recentl...

scooterj wrote: These delays keep terrifying me... especially with Cordish facing a $2billion lawsuit in Florida.

What is the lawsuit all about?

And any crises associated with peak oil are still a big wildcard in future suburban growth projections. I would not depend on this.  By the time any crisis from peak oil arises, I am afraid Joco will have long surpassed Jackson County in population.  What will slow Joco growth is that they will eve...

Part 1:  Ok, I can agree.  I don't see how that changes from my ranking above tho. Part 2 (Regional Markets):  Preposterous .  Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, in Des Moines cares about the KC sports market.  Omaha is a stretch as well.  I'll grant Topeka.  Wichita?  Again, maybe 1x per year. Besides, I'...

There are currently only three landfills in the nation that collect methane produced by landfills, purify it, and convert it into a marketable natural gas (at present, a very profitable venture). Our very own Deffenbaugh/Johnson County landfill happens to be one of them. Is this really all that pro...

yeah...I see what you're saying. I'm just saying that it's not suprising that "it" suburbs are brainy because there is de facto exclusion of anyone who is poor and/or uneducated. Agreed.  What is a bit strange about OP is that there is a lot of that city that has become much more working ...

Suburbs exploit the cultural capital of the center city while avoiding issues like deteriorating infrastructure, poverty, and social problems specific to the center city. Because Overland Park has no urbanity to it and all the issues associated with urbanism...it is able to look more attractive tha...

madison is the only city on that list that is even remotely interesting.  the rest are basically 100,000+ person cul-de-sac/strip mall hell. That's because 6 of the cities on the list are suburbs.  Three of the others are essentially college towns so that leaves Boise as the most unique.  I would s...

two words: Hate Crime? Sick the news media hounds all over this. And the dipshitterously incompetent police response. I am not sure that adds up.  Most hate crime does not involve a single attacker.  Think about what motivates hate crime, it's usually a bunch of guys who share a similar warped atti...

You  should contact the star and offer to write a column about your exploits as an urban/suburban explorer. 

European cities and San Francisco are proof that a great city doesn't need to be served by expressways. KC made a mistake, but it was a very common mistake. Almost every city in America fell for it. Most European cities are actually served by expressways but the critical distinction is that, except...

nota wrote: Good luck with that. It will be one of the hardest things you ever do.

And the wisest!!!

This is the best US team ever.  That said, it would take at least 3 miracles for them to win the cup.  I was just saying that it wasn't an absolute assurance of defeat at the hands of Brazil.  Brazil hasn't been playing the strongly and has been held close by weaker teams.  It would be a small mira...

for the record, i believe a gesture would be ideal.  voice your protest, and move on.  don't chase a person down and hit their car.  There was a time when I would have done the same thing but I've had some close calls with people becoming incredibly militant with something as simple as flashing a d...