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- January 19th, 2021, 10:52 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Ideas / Wish List for Mpls in 2021
- Replies: 14
- Views: 973
Re: Ideas / Wish List for Mpls in 2021
Im in the minority but if it can get right of way which I think if parking was removed on Nicollet is doable I want the line. I like the street car from downtown to uptown or even the greenway street car idea. Its not cost efficient I know. I concur. We've set such a terrible precident in this regi...
- January 5th, 2021, 4:50 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota Governor Election 2022
- Replies: 19
- Views: 604
Re: Minnesota Governor Election 2022
It's something I am concerned about, especially if the Dems don't take the Senate and we get a red wave backlash election following two years of gridlock. But Trump also has a not-zero amount of followers who came out to vote for him and sat out 2018. Without him on the top of the ticket, would ther...
- January 5th, 2021, 9:58 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota Governor Election 2022
- Replies: 19
- Views: 604
Re: Minnesota Governor Election 2022
I've got to say too, that North and South Dakota have almost double the rate of COVID deaths as Minnesota, and they had the advantage of getting hit way later. If Minnesota had the same rate of death as North Dakota, 4,318 more people would've died by now. I'd like to think Walz can run on that. An...
- December 24th, 2020, 12:44 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
- Replies: 1095
- Views: 203980
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
I'm also taking on the heating/cooling, electricity, and internet costs that would have been a cost of business in an office.
I agree, that's something that needs to be resolved in a new hybrid office/remote working world.
I agree, that's something that needs to be resolved in a new hybrid office/remote working world.
- December 22nd, 2020, 7:53 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
- Replies: 1095
- Views: 203980
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Even as someone who loves working from home due to my role inherently needing more space and quiet than employers tend to assume, it's clear I'm in the minority and it would be silly to think that this is going to be maintained long term.
- December 3rd, 2020, 2:19 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Saint Paul - General Topics
- Replies: 593
- Views: 160038
Re: Saint Paul - General Topics
This is just their natural state.Neighborhood pages are overwhelmingly disappointed
- November 26th, 2020, 6:22 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Mall of America - Bloomington
- Replies: 978
- Views: 155104
Re: Mall of America - Bloomington
Glad they mortgaged MOA to pay for that boondoggle...
Though maybe they'll stop wasting their time on trying to develop American Dream Miami.
Though maybe they'll stop wasting their time on trying to develop American Dream Miami.
- October 25th, 2020, 9:05 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
- Replies: 1051
- Views: 164096
Re: Suburbs - General Topics
Will Target be footing the bill for a stop on the Blue Line Extension? Will the companies in Minnetonka be footing the bill for the Opus and City West stations? Would be nice if they did but I highly doubt it. Target definitely should be. Though I would say there is a significant difference between...
- October 23rd, 2020, 10:08 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
- Replies: 1051
- Views: 164096
Re: Suburbs - General Topics
If Amazon is willing to foot the bill to have the rail stop at their doorstep, that'd be cool since they can afford it. Otherwise I think we'd be better off investing our transit dollars elsewhere.
- October 23rd, 2020, 10:02 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Uptown Retail & Restaurant News
- Replies: 1596
- Views: 193057
Re: Uptown Retail & Restaurant News
Uptown isn't as much of a destination anymore, and that's fine. So long as the property owners shift their focus from catering to people seeking a destination retail experience to one that caters to the residents of the surrounding neighborhoods. In this scenario, a new 15 story apartment building i...
- October 22nd, 2020, 12:25 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Uptown Retail & Restaurant News
- Replies: 1596
- Views: 193057
Re: Uptown Retail & Restaurant News
It's a bad trend for luxury retail in Uptown. It could be the start of a trend towards more neighborhood and community focused retail if the people who own the properties don't get caught up in chasing luxury leases or chains that have no logical reason to be in this neighborhood.
- October 16th, 2020, 10:47 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Street, Road and Highway Projects
- Replies: 1076
- Views: 169984
Re: Street, Road and Highway Projects
Imagine if we refused to build international airports because the futurists of the 50s had convinced everyone that there was no need, because flying cars were just around the corner. And how about that fusion reactor that's just around the corner? Or everything being made out of graphene? I'd rather...
- October 15th, 2020, 2:49 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Thrivent HQ & Sherman apartments - 500 7th St S
- Replies: 208
- Views: 52337
Re: Thrivent HQ & Sherman apartments - 500 7th St S
A mural would be an improvement, but I agree that if they were to just paint it a solid color it would be worse.
- October 13th, 2020, 8:04 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
- Replies: 539
- Views: 55498
Re: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
The difference is capitalists never care about negative externalities that are created in the process of their profiteering. We need regulations to help fix the world from being one giant garbage dump at the convenience of Pepsico and Exxon. Using regulation in order to preserve an obsolete business...
- October 12th, 2020, 3:27 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
- Replies: 539
- Views: 55498
Re: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
You can purchase a car however you prefer. Doesn't mean we need to protect people who solely exist to make vehicles more expensive anymore. If they truly provide a value, let's remove their state mandated place between me and the manufacturer and see if they can prove their value without regulatory ...
- September 23rd, 2020, 12:57 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
- Replies: 1095
- Views: 203980
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
It's easy to take in big profits when you're in the middle man business.
- September 14th, 2020, 3:05 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)
- Replies: 4633
- Views: 454308
Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)
They were, it just had to be in service of getting suburbanites to sport games and not transit users to work.Just think of what University and Snelling would look like if they'd been this willing to invest in grade separation when Dubya was president.
- September 9th, 2020, 8:22 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak Empire Builder and Intercity Rail to Chicago
- Replies: 403
- Views: 58675
Re: Amtrak Empire Builder and Intercity Rail to Chicago
So what kind of travel times for a high speed transcontinental line can we expect vs just taking a plane? I have no illusions that taking a high-speed train from New York to LA, or even Chicago to LA, would ever be competitive with air travel. But that's not really the point. The point would be hig...
- September 9th, 2020, 3:10 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak Empire Builder and Intercity Rail to Chicago
- Replies: 403
- Views: 58675
Re: Amtrak Empire Builder and Intercity Rail to Chicago
I know Biden regularly used Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor, but does he have experience with Amtrak service outside of there? If his plan is taking away from long-distance service and making minor improvements to corridor routes then that's no better than the status quo. His infrastructure plan i...
- September 8th, 2020, 5:42 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak Empire Builder and Intercity Rail to Chicago
- Replies: 403
- Views: 58675
Re: Amtrak Empire Builder and Intercity Rail to Chicago
If only there was someone running for president who regularly rode Amtrak and understands its value to the American people.