Did you ever hear the end of the White Student Union story and where Matt Heimbach ended up after getting kicked off campus? It's a good one...

Tl:Dr the white supremacist shithead group he was in fell apart after he had an affair with the group leader's wife.

How long does it take you to figure out which is which? Not long. Whether the music is simple and catchy or complex and noisy, you still know what you like and whether this is it pretty quickly. I like a lot of music I didn't fully get right away, but I immediately knew I liked it enough to give it another listen.

Is Shapiro's gone? Haven't thought about that place since I moved out of the neighborhood, but it was good.

Important correction- Gregg Bernstein was not "pretty good at his job but unable to connect", he was a total piece of shit whose handling of the police murder of Tyrone West directly set the stage for the 2015 uprising in reaction to the murder of Freddie Gray. Mosby's election and her defeat of the incumbent SA needs to be understood in that context. It helps explain the views of her supporters, who see her (right or wrong) as standing up to BPD and those who protect their bad behavior.

I'd rather quit while we agree.

>Please stop telling OP to mind their business or suggesting alternatives that don't involve law enforcement.

> Law enforcement obviously isn't the only answer, but an integral part of the solution.

Then we agree we shouldn't exclude alternatives. Great! Pretty much everything else you wrote is taking issue with stuff I never said.

So you really want to do something about it, right? Why take options off the table? Again, the police pretty clearly have not been enough to address this.

Why shouldn't people suggest alternatives to law enforcement? No matter how you feel about the police, this thread and others are full of examples of them failing to resolve issues like this.

I used to, but no, that's not the main reason.

That's too stupid to be believable without proof.

You're entitled to your low standards. I'm not gonna argue.

Anti-Atlas folks would tell you to avoid Tagliata because of Atlas. I'm telling you to avoid it because of the mediocre, overpriced food. This is a thread about soliciting opinions on food, so you can miss me with that "just don't go" bullshit.

Sabatinos is my personal go-to for Italian. I used to bartend in that area and people raved about Tagliata and I don't know why. I found nothing to recommend the overpriced food at that place besides the parm cheese they serve off the block with the bread. It's not bad food, it's just unimpressive for the price.

I love Pasta Mista. It's probably not the very best in the city, but its my favorite for the money.

Fuck no, it's not Tagliata, unless your wife is after the most mediocre overpriced Italian food in the city. Even setting aside the fact that it's Atlas, it's just not very good.

> I am just trying to counter the narrative that light rail means some big ugly train is barreling down on your neighborhood and making it an unpleasant place.

My mom used to live 200ft from a light rail track, and you'd hardly notice it coming by if you weren't looking out the window. They're barely louder than low level automotive traffic.

I dunno how long it's been since you lived in the Copycat, but take it off your list. During the pandemic it was discovered that Charlie doesn't have a rental license and can't legally collect rent. The building is mostly empty now and is even more of a clusterfuck than it used to be, which is really saying something.

>I did respond to what you wrote. I told you it was not the 'solution' that you think it is because it is a generational strategy.

It's exactly the solution I think it is. I don't disagree it won't have immediate results, that doesn't mean it isn't the answer. You haven't made any attempt to say it isn't.

> you need an immediate solution to address it.

Right back at you. I haven't heard anything constructive from you on that subject besides doing more of what's already failed.

I never said it was easy. Again, if you can't respond to what I actually wrote, just stop replying.

Just stop replying if you don't have anything to say. Don't make shit up to disagree with.

There is no short term solution that works.

I gave the real solution already, but if pretending I didn't helps you feel good about your reply, go ahead.

Oooorrrrr... Crime and punishment isn't the solution to begin with, as I said. You can make all the excuses you want, but you can't say that strategy is working.

And how's that working out so far? Is it under control?

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