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Cloud_Disconnected t1_iu2yhyf wrote

Reply to comment by DiabetikCrysis in Back in Town by banana_and_beans

I'm not disputing you because I don't know anything about the current situation. But I will say SPD has a history of chicken-littling about gang activity. There was a panic back in the nineties that was akin to the Satanic Panic about gangs. I remember that hats were banned in schools, as well as a lot of logos on shirts for being "gang-related," and it was 99% BS. It tends to crop up now and again in the paper and on the news.

Not saying you're wrong, just that I take it with a big grain of salt.

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Cloud_Disconnected t1_iu1l6qh wrote

Reply to comment by jgj570s in Back in Town by banana_and_beans

The same thing I would have said about, "there's an atheist meetup," nothing.

But if someone said to stay away from atheism meetups or Dharma talks or vegan book clubs, I would have found that off-putting and weird.

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Cloud_Disconnected t1_itqkki0 wrote

Reply to comment by Dbol504 in Vote NO on Question #1 by [deleted]

Oh heavens, we certainly don't want UNDEVELOPED LAND in our city when rich people could be making even more money for themselves with it!

The argument for a "bad precedent" seems to be we should bend over for every devoloper that wants to put in a strip mall or a boutique coffee shop or, in this case, luxury apartments and storage units that probably 5% of people in Springfield could hope to afford. Quick, give them a tax abatement and declare the area blighted so they can make even more money.

Don't worry, it'll pass. If not this time, the next time, or the next time. Stuff like this can fail 100 times, but only has to be successful once.

In ten years Galloway will look just like Republic Road does now.

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