DColeKC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:41 am
shinatoo wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:14 am
First, downtown could get dramatically more difficult for car users and still not be difficult. Second, is the guy that defends Cordish shutting down Grand and closing Walnut permanently really making an issue about some bike lanes and their impact on cars?
No and maybe try reading before typing. Shutting down grand is for pedestrian safety which you should be all about.
I’ve clearly stated I have no issues with the bike lanes. I do have issues with the racist and pathetic response by Chris claiming all the white men at the meeting defending their livelihoods are white trash. Why? Because they don’t like bike lanes. HOW DARE THEY!
Keep in mind, when talking about the perceived difficulty of downtown travel, we are talking about the 99.9% of metro residents who don’t know how easy it actually is.
Did you go to the meeting? Because the outside appearance of all of the individuals who were opposed to the bike lane was very much a white trash asthetic. On top of their actions, and general desire to hear absolutely no opinion outside of their own, yes, Chris was absolutely correct in his assessment. Also for the record, I don’t think Chris, who is very much white, can be racist towards other white folks, but I digress.
DColeKC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:48 am
How to get this forum up in arms.
1. Don’t 100% agree on Bike Lanes
2. Say anything to imply you’re a Republican.
3. Be a Cordish homer thus making all your opinions inferior to other members, even experience-less college students.
You all really know how to run people off. I find myself checking back less and less because I know bullshit argumentative trash responses are waiting for almost anything I say.
You are very much using a 10,000 foot view on what you listed above to paint yourself as a victim here and it isn’t a good look. You act like you’re not the one to constantly stir up shit in the politics thread as well; but since you mentioned it, It’s also not about not agreeing with these lanes 100%. The utility of the entire corridor of Truman hasn’t been affected outside of maybe the raised issues of some business owners about deliveries. Parking was maintained, travel lanes in each direction were maintained, and the center turn lane was maintained. Cars can still easily come and go from the suburbs to downtown visa versa. To pretend that this impedes that ability is intellectually dishonest. It’s just not a great perspective to agree with folks who throw a temper tantrum when it comes to not getting their way, and who now intend to go scorched earth on ALL BIKE LANES IN THE CITY! That’s not a reasonable stance to have, don’t try to legitimize it.
Outside of the politics thread people really couldn’t give a fuck less what your political leaning is. What people do care about is when someone claims they’re for building a better KC, a more dense and walkable/bikeable, transit friendly city and metro, then when a project pops up that has the ability to do that well, especially for an underserved part of the community; you take an asinine stance that the business owners have taken, which is a zero change mentality for said corridor.
Finally NO ONE CARES IF YOU ADVOCATE FOR CORDISH! However, when people bring up valid criticisms of their model of development, you’re the first one to throw your self onto the sword. Maybe acknowledge that they’ve tapered off in their stature in the last couple years? Sure they did a great job to kickstart downtown when no one else did, it’s not like they didn’t profit off of it. They have numerous empty commercials bays, they close multiple thoroughfares downtown regularly, usually for an unjustified amount of pedestrian traffic. They have no real innovation and no desire to push the boundaries with their new developments downtown, but seem quick to cry when someone else tries to do the same in their vicinity.
Take this how you will, and since I’m not even a college student, never been, I imagine you’ll look down on my opining that much more. However, when a pretty solid consensus is reached in a group of people who’s only interaction really is this forum about another one, might be some time to self reflect on why that is? Cheers my friend, hope you have a great day. Go Chiefs