Also each character represents the 7 deadly sins

Me and many others do use NIMBY as insult. They are a group of property owners with way too much free time that they can use to go yell at city counsel meetings because they’re scared to see their neighborhood change (the poor or POC moving in) or a negative affect on their investment. It’s the exact kind of mindset that’s only going to keep getting single family homes built. That isn’t going to help the housing crisis. I don’t need single family home. I need a studio apartment which is hard to find in the Springfield area for a reasonable rate. We need more density and less sprawl for many reasons. Nimbyism and it’s effects are one of the biggest drivers of the housing crisis

Right on, thanks for the advice!!

Oh no shit? I figured you had to have some proof that you have business/reason to be down there. I didn’t realize security was the lax, I might just have to check it out myself

Exactly you get what I mean. I know at the the end of the day it’s all just boxes and numbers being shifted around but it’s still amazing to me that humans have managed to utilize technology and computers to the fullest in the 21st century to move millions of boxes from one city to the other other side their country in under 24 hours with a pretty high rate of accuracy. The rapid rise of consumption and globalization that ties in with that is a bit unnerving (just due to the shear amount of CO2 emitted from cargo ships and planes let alone the manufacturing process). But at the end of the day like I said, it’s just cool that as a species we’ve come together to collaborate on these colossal boats or complex logistics chains to make everyday life happen. Really what it comes down to is that It’s the people I love not the billionaires reaping the profits off the backs of all our hard work. Sorry for the tangent.

You’re making the logistics/storage/transport nut inside me go crazy right now lol. I know the underground has become a recent national fascination but I’ve been so fixated on it ever since I moved here a decade ago. Plus I got to run on top of it for 4 years in a row for cross country meets that were hosted by Springfield Catholic. The stupid cheese cave just has such a special place in my heart lmao

Socialized loses, Privatized gains. How it’s always worked

Christo-Fascism

I don’t know why you’re making such a big fuss about my point. All I was trying to say was that more walkable places would be a good idea because people seem to like them. I understand that you’ve heard the sentiment before but not everyone has. I just want to see a little bit of meaningful change in my lifetime and you have to get everyone to recognize that there’s a problem with how we’re designing our cities.

Favorite park in town! I also think Stockstill is pretty underrated. It’s especially magnificent when the Roark Creek is high after a good rain!

It wasn’t like I came completely from left field though. Not only did I also mention the landing seems like a great spot for a date but to add to the conversation I was simply just making an observation about how people gravitate towards these walkable places for many different reasons including dates. When would be a good time to discuss the cars dominance in lives? It’s an issue we’ve been ignoring for a long time and one that’s been getting worse. Pedestrian deaths are on the rise and no one seems to care. This is what Reddit was designed for: conversation and talking about the issues

It’s related because the landing & downtown are very walkable spots and we don’t have enough of them around here so of course I’m going to talk about it! It’s something I’m passionate about. (Edited the last part because I’m was being an ass, sorry other person)

It’s funny that everyone is saying the landing because that’s naturally the first spot I thought when I went to plan a date for this week. And I think it says something about peoples desires. The Ozarks have been destroyed in favor of car dependency when what the people actually want is more walkability! It doesn’t hurt that it’s right next to Taneycomo but it would still be a nice spot regardless. In the age of loneliness, everyone is craving more of these third places where life can happen and moments/memories can be created outside of a car!

“We’re studying a lot of these crosswalk locations and places where we might need more,” said Kristen Milam, City of Springfield Communication Coordinator in May. “Our crash studies have shown that it’s kind of 50/50 responsibility-wise.”

Oh brother we have a lot of hearts and minds to change in this town. This isn’t some unexpected result. Traffic engineers design our roads for maximum thorough-put of cars and nothing else. Human life outside of the car is the last thing taken into consideration. This creates a mountain of negative side effects for our cities. The first that comes to mind is the stroad. A stroad is a bad combination of two types of vehicular pathways: it is part street which is defined as a "complex environment where life in the city happens", with pedestrians, cars, buildings close to the sidewalk for easy accessibility, with many (property) entrances / exits to and from the street, and with spaces for temporary parking and delivery vehicles—and part road, which is defined as a "high-speed connection between two places" with wide lanes, limited entrances and exits, and which are generally straight or have gentle curves. In essence a Stroad attempts to be both a street and road and does neither well. Think of South Campbell or North Kansas as perfect examples. They’re places where you would never want to be outside of a car and hazardous to your health for many reasons. Just ignoring the fact that you might have to walk a 1/2 mile or more to a “safe” crossing, when you get there you’re greeted with 6-8 lanes to play fucking frogger just to get to work or get some food. I’m going to get real worked up if I keep going but it really strikes a nerve in me seeing the city officials, who should be working to actively make this city a better place to live and instead are victim blaming people who are simply living their lives. This place just feels hopeless and destitute sometimes, I don’t know why I bother.