kyl wrote:go4guy wrote:kyl wrote:I honestly think this project will be a waste of my tax money. The demographics in the renditions do not represent reality. I can't imagine a white woman working on her laptop after dark outside of the Gap store. Nicollet Mall is a bus lane and it will remain so after millions is spent. The growth of North Loop is organic, but I don't see how putting up trees, outdoor seatings and mundane art display will bring people to Nicollet Mall during the weekend unless you're there for bus transfer. You need nice restaurants and stores to draw people in. I doubt a new Walgreens would help. People living in the north end of downtown will continue to head towards the river, instead of the outdoor seatings along a bus lane. People who will take advantage of the new seatings on Nicollet Mall will continue to be the same group of people today.
I absolutely don't understand why I would be assessed for the reconstruction of a street that I rarely use. I'm all for building up downtown, but I think this project is a total waste.
Why does it matter if it is white woman? Why can't you just say you cant picture a person on a laptop after dark.
I know people will question that, but all I want is to make my point. The demographics in those Nicollet Mall renditions misrepresent the reality of Nicollet Mall after dark when all the business workers have gone home. 95% of the people in the renditions are white, which does not represent reality, and it makes me question why they did that. What kind of message are they sending? What's the reason behind the misrepresentation?
If City of New York is trying to renovate Chinatown, will they use renditions with 95% white people?
Let's stop beating around the bush and unpack the awkward nasty race stuff you've managed to sneak around with so far. You are arguing that:
1) A significant proportion of the people who hang out in Nicollet Mall after hours are non-white.
2) As a result, "people"--a word you use here to mean white people!--instead hang out elsewhere.
3) White women will not use their laptops outside in the vicinity of non-white people.
4) The fact that Nicollet is a bus lane is the reason for non-white people being there.
5) Therefore, Nicollet Mall is some sort of failure.
Outside of point 1 (obviously true, extends to a lot of middle class immigrant families from all sorts of backgrounds), these are racist garbage opinions. Hey moderators what do we do?
That said, I do think $50 million to reconstruct an already over-landscaped part of the city that will bring in hundreds of thousands of people every day either way is a pretty bogus project.