AndyPok1

Yes. If you choose to live as part of the sprawl, then you lose convenience.

I'm not sure what this even means? There's numerous restaurants and bars that are lovely to go to and it would be great to do so without driving. Lots of my friends have moved into this area because its become the best combination of "affordable/close to DT/has stuff".

Was randomly clicking around the property appraiser... This plaza of the Archery/Jeweler/Cleaner/Cremation was sold for 2.25M last month

Ha maybe I should have offered to buy it from him before it went to his kids

You're more of an optimist than I. Over 50% of these single 3000 sqft take up the full lot with the house homes that have been built in the neighborhood since I've moved in have all gone up for resale practically exactly at the 2 year mark. And yeah, I SWEAR it used to be R-2. Because when I bought on Jersey, one of the pro-cons is that weirdly even though its the closest to Michigan, it was the only R-1 in the neighborhood. But then when I looked it up again last year Page and others were R-1. I started trying to track down the various zoning changes to see if I was crazy, but then I got lazy. Also, part of the reason I'm so annoyed about it is I did WAY too deep of a dive into the owners. Dude and his wife moved here from New York and worked a govt job and just managed to own basically the entirety of Page St. As @jack mentioned, did not maintain them at all. And then when they passed away they got buried back in New York. Like you lived here for over 40 years but clearly didn't feel like it was home. While its not as bad as Institutional Investor, its not much better.

I'm beyond saddened by these and I have to drive/walk by them every day. I wanted two of those lots for my forever home (and ideally get them re-re-zoned for townhomes), but with the boom in the past year or two, the kids that inherited those lots from their parents when they passed a few years back were able to get over $2M for the combination of them... now an investor is building 6 more generic homes, so yet more profit with no benefit to locals.

How in the world is there space on the southeast corner for a mast arm? That is already the most narrow pedestrian unfriendly corner in the city.

Honestly rebuilding the upper decks is probably needed to keep the events we have for more than the next 5 years or so. We cheaped out last time, and it's catching up. There's also talk of WWE bringing Royal Rumble in January (the 2nd or 3rd biggest show behind WrestleMania) to either Orlando or Tampa. Past few years its been a stadium show, so assuming it would be at Camping World if it happens. (Coincidentally enough, the last two years have been San Antonio and St Louis. Which are probably the 2 most directly comparable facilities to CWS in regards to football stadium without a tenant but still keeps operating.)

Oh I thought it was all one big effort

Its continuing the work done Pineloch to Grant? It's been under way for probably over a year now

I'm intrigued to see how having the rental counters on the side of the bridge are going to work. Hopefully there's never more than a person or two at the counter...

Are they moving? I've bought so many pieces for my house from there!

Unsure why the hate of pop music. BSB is still touring and crushing. Different eras. There's things to appreciate about both types of music.

I think people trying to sneak in for restrooms is a tale as old as time. But typically if you get caught you just walk away. To @codypet's point, there's now an aggressiveness and entitlement. Parking is such a delicate issue. I'm all for getting rid of parking. However, much of downtown business is a service economy. Those bartenders need somewhere to park because not exactly any transit available at 4AM when shifts end. A lot already park like a mile away.

There's an old rule among AA frequent fliers from before the US merger. In the winter you connect through DFW, and in the summer you connect through ORD. That's how you avoid the lightning/snow. I take a priority on comfort and service. The legacy carriers give that to me by being an elite status by extra leg room seats and first class upgrades, and I save my miles so that I can sleep and lie flat in pods on 10+ hour international flights. In close to 1000 lifetime flights, I've only had my bag not make it to my destination once (it got there 8am the next day), and I've only been delayed so badly that it impacted me 3 times. I know everyone has horror stories, but travel is fun. And the flight is part of the travel. I actually was being literal. This happens to/from MSY for me decently often. Friends take a direct flight on WN/F9/NK and I'll connect through MIA/CLT/AUS/DFW on the way there, and sometimes through two of them on the way home to get extra miles. Its a chill travel day after a fun weekend. Got nowhere to be. I just love air travel. I've spent a day just flying to a random city and back just to relax and read a book. Its like sitting by a pool at a resort, but you can do it on a cloudy day.