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big_daddy68 t1_j687e7j wrote

Reply to Nixa’s Giddens Says Developers Consider Springfield Closed For Business. by [deleted]

This is dumb, maybe if a dumbass didn’t propose to cut down a ton of trees in a park area it would have passed. Springfield is still a more attractive building area because it has the most dense population in the area. He is just grandstanding and letting developers know Nixa will do anything for some of those dollars, I mean ANYTHING. I also feel Nixa is seeing Republic growing with the addition of Amazon and such, and feel they might start slipping behind.

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Dramatic_Ad_6560 t1_j67fn28 wrote

Reply to Nixa’s Giddens Says Developers Consider Springfield Closed For Business. by [deleted]

Imo, developers seem to keep making themselves the victim in these situations... i.e. expanding more into an already overcrowded Galloway, or adding additional traffic and sending a middle finger to the entire neighborhood of University Heights. They bulldoze (literally and metaphorically) over the wishes of the people who can make or break their development and are affected most by them, and then they cry foul when people don't support these proposals.

There are so many areas that would benefit from development in Springfield, but they only swarm to places that are already overdeveloped. National/Sunshine has already had multiple storefronts sit vacant since the buildings were constructed; why is putting more of the same there going to be beneficial for anyone? Why do we need more apartments and more traffic in one of the messiest intersections in town? The additions near 65/south of Chestnut seem to be doing well and there is space to grow there, but many developers are still only looking at spaces that aren't practical. I understand concerns about the NIMBY mindset, but I don't see that to be an issue in the controversial development proposals recently; I think their concerns are extremely valid and the developers should've addressed them before doing anything else.

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FatalPenguins t1_j675c8t wrote

Reply to comment by mrd247 in Veteran Moving to Springfield by Bornbhthegods

On the funny end of that spectrum, my boss always assumes I want to lead cause I led in the military. Like...no thanks. Just count me as a regular grunt. Everyone thinks vets are trail blazers but most of us are the hippies teaching people how to surf.

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Own_Ear_7356toss t1_j673ylr wrote

Reply to Nixa’s Giddens Says Developers Consider Springfield Closed For Business. by [deleted]

This is true. Springfield has been terrible to deal with from a city interface standpoint. They purchased some garbage software, so bad you would hope someone was bribed to buy it. Things used to be a lot easier. You could walk into the building department and walk out with a permit 30 minutes later. Not any more. The permitting process took me 10 days or so last time.

Regarding the hostility towards developers - why would anyone want to live on the corner of sunshine and national? What kind of fool would let their child play in the front yard there? What is it 80k cars daily combined on those 2 roads? Not exactly the spot where someone is going to chose to live.

Op, expect continued hostility. This is a place where non liberal dissent is downvoted until it disappears.

As Springfield's development will continue to stall, others will certainly look elsewhere FIRST and not to Springfield. This trend has been in place for 5-10 years already..

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malevolentk t1_j66z4as wrote

Reply to Nixa’s Giddens Says Developers Consider Springfield Closed For Business. by [deleted]

I care 0% what a Nixa council member thinks about ANYTHING

Folks aren’t anti development- they are anti shoddily built apartment complexes that will look like shit in 20 years across the street from a beloved park that already has shady access because the road needs to be redone

I think folks would be fine with condos or townhomes there - but we really don’t need more apartments in that area.

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