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by chingon
Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:41 pm
Forum: Missouri Suburbs
Topic: Bannister Mall/Cerner
Replies: 971
Views: 277919

Re: Cerner still committed to Bannister site

Digging in the vault... At some point somebody just needs to commit political suicide in an honorable way and confess that the best thing for the city to do is throw in the towel and quit dumping money into the infrastructure for an ex mall. Tear out all the streets and asphalt, move that fire stati...
by chingon
Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: UMKC projects
Replies: 253
Views: 101807

Re: UMKC projects

taxi wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2023 6:40 pm I was referring to wrecks in the intersection closest to the WF entrance. I don't think the entrance has anything to do with the wrecks. I've studied the intersection a bit but can't come up any easy solutions.
Reduce speeds on the Brookside Autobahn.
by chingon
Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:33 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8414
Views: 8157191

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

I have been reading a lot of comments about the K re: one of the most iconic MLB stadiums. Is it actually? I have never heard of anyone say that outside of KC fans. I hear people saying Dodgers, Wrigley, Yankee, Red Sox but I have literally never heard this about Kauffman from anyone who doesn’t li...
by chingon
Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 2024 Missouri Elections
Replies: 2
Views: 1437

Re: 2024 Missouri Elections

Rehder is from the Bootheel and Bailey is from somewhere near Hermann. Not that it makes much difference. They are all from Missouri, which is a shitsmear from border to border.
by chingon
Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:07 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham
Replies: 479
Views: 269356

Re: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham

I was confused when they said they haven't hosted concerts since 1974. Then I read "in the 1990s and early 2000s, El Torreon’s first floor was a semi-legal home for the local underground music scene". News to me. Could have sworn I saw the Butt Hole Surfers and Flaming Lips there in '88 b...
by chingon
Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:29 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1482342

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

daGOAT wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 12:55 am Maybe you should get out of your bubble more, but I doubt you could ever go where I've been so fuck it stay ignorant.
Kiddo, I go wherever the fuck I want to go and always have.
by chingon
Mon Jun 26, 2023 3:02 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1482342

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

Europeans will tell you themselves, Americans are violent, and they're not wrong. Europeans will tell you all kinds of stuff about Americans, and usually they don't have a very good sense of what they are talking about. They are about as ignorant of us as they pretend we are of them, and most of th...
by chingon
Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:36 pm
Forum: Out of Town Talk
Topic: STL MLS proposal resurrection
Replies: 123
Views: 67838

Re: STL MLS proposal resurrection

i'm in Chicago for the next six weeks and am thinking of visiting Saint Louis and seeing this thing in person. major props to STL City SC (that's an unnecessarily long name lol) to being second in the West! the beautiful game will undoubtably become more popular in the mound city! Absolutely embarr...
by chingon
Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:30 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1482342

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

Idk quit trying to defund the police, and pouring tax dollars into sports. Alternately, you could quit giving the police ALL THE MONEY to do a bunch of tasks - tasks that they are objectively very, very bad at - that aren't policing, and instead give that money to the organizations that are designe...
by chingon
Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:21 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1482342

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

Violent crime is worse in urban areas, but crime in general is very high in high poverty rural areas. The "red" states, since you want to be political, have just as much or more crime per capita than blue states and almost always have higher poverty and lower education rates. There is som...
by chingon
Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:16 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1482342

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

In fact, I never really felt uncomfortable in terms of becoming the victim of physical violence while in Europe. I don't generally feel threatened in the US either but I'm far more aware of my surroundings here when out and about. The data doesn't back up that feeling, unless the only physical viol...
by chingon
Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:13 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1482342

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

GRID wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2023 11:16 am This seems to be a worse problem in KC than many other cities.
It is not. Full stop.
by chingon
Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:25 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Washington Sq Park between Crown Center/Union Station
Replies: 196
Views: 52095

Re: Washington Sq Park between Crown Center/Union Station

rxlexi wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2023 11:03 am This is such a no-brainer it's frustrating it hasn't happened. Would be amazing, and would connect many of the original KCMO parks as intended, via broad green boulevards.
Yeah, "Bikes on Boulevards". It's taylor-made.
by chingon
Tue Jun 20, 2023 4:38 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Washington Sq Park between Crown Center/Union Station
Replies: 196
Views: 52095

Re: Washington Sq Park between Crown Center/Union Station

Cratedigger wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2023 2:15 pm You're probably right but what also skews the data is the Boulevards being classified as parks
A Trolley-trail style bike trail down the center of every divided boulevard in the City would go a long way toward making that classification a reality.
by chingon
Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Rail to KCI - 2023
Replies: 123
Views: 51593

Re: Rail to KCI - 2023

DaveKCMO wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:51 pm If we just focused on building urban streetcar where the city is reasonably dense we would easily surpass the ridership and TOD impact of much larger light rail systems. Serve the airport with express buses.
Run for mayor.
by chingon
Tue May 30, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8414
Views: 8157191

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Seems wise. The summer weather here is basically Texan now.
by chingon
Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:04 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Brookside
Replies: 312
Views: 174050

Re: Brookside

The true national bird of America is the locust.
by chingon
Thu Apr 20, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Brookside
Replies: 312
Views: 174050

Re: Brookside

Metro wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:39 pm Not sure where to out this but technically it's in Brookside- Very cool!

https://cityscenekc.com/umkc-may-build- ... velopment/
I miss the Twin Oaks.
by chingon
Sun Apr 16, 2023 3:33 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8414
Views: 8157191

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

GRID wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 1:24 pm Only one MLB city is smaller than KC and that's Milwaukee and they draw WAY better than KC does, so they will never even be talked about as a potential relocation.
Never is a pretty bold prediction for a town that already lost their professional baseball team twice.
by chingon
Sun Apr 16, 2023 3:25 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: 4711 Belleview
Replies: 137
Views: 41094

Re: 4711 Belleview

FlippantCitizen wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:05 pm Belleview and Madison need serious road diets. Those stretches would be a good place to start reforming all of SW Trafficway.
A traffic circle instead of the bum-muda triangle would work wonders.