I had a taco there, then I died.

Good. Scumbag business owners like this deserve to lose everything. There should be repercussions for stealing from taxpayers.

This was my go to beer during college down in FL!

I moved here from a larger metro as well and have found that for the most part, people are friendly. Get ready for a lot of mediocre food. The upside, it makes you REALLY appreciate a good restaurant when you find it. We don’t have high end retail, you gotta go to KC or St. Louis for that stuff. Our weather is very moody, but we have nice seasons.

People say “oh Springfield is going downhill, so much crime, traffic, etc” but those folks have never been in a city. I see more good here than bad and think Springfield is a great place to hang your hat.

Just let the person enjoy their diarrhea. Haters gonna hate, ain’ters gonna ain’t.

We saw a pair around Watershed Park on the north side of town last weekend!

Same here. Very intermittent all day. Usually down for 1-2 min and then back up without any intervention on my part.

Snow be lurking in the comments…

Ahh, one of my fave country songs… /s

Mount Magazine has some nice hikes as well and the lodge is a great getaway.

But she’s also eating fried chicken, and everyone is just really confused. They think… “wait… Bass Pro does chicken now!?”. So of course, Bass Pro HAS TO do chicken now. Thus begin the Springfield chicken strip wars of 20XX.

Weis is great. My wife sees him and he does great work and really listened to his patients.

Live on the South Side, can confirm. Also folks here have a false sense of security and do stupid things and act surprised.

“How dare someone steal stuff out my garage I left open all day!? For shame’”

“I can’t believe someone would steal my valuables from an unlocked car? What is this town coming too!?”

I originally supported this but the more I read up on the history between the city, developer, and the citizens group, it really changed my mind. We have some great people on this sub that really care about informing folks.

Again, this is a better argument than most are putting up, but we could really say this about all development on Springfields periphery.

That’s a good point to vote yes. With all the attention, the developer has faced more scrutiny and I’m sure the project is better because of it (in terms of community impact being lessened).

At least it’s not going to be “Sequiota Towers” or something 😆

I agree with all of that, but man it gets overwhelming thinking about everything needed to fix it. So let’s all do what we can and vote.

We need to rethink single family zoning in general. It’s wasteful and is one of the leading reasons we have no affordable housing. We need more ADUs as rentals for young people and also the elderly, as well as duplexes).

I don’t like the idea of apartments right there BUT the whole argument against it comes across as disingenuous. It’s rich folks, down the road, not wanting their property values impacted. Don’t get me wrong, that’s fine if it’s your motivation, but just be up front about it.

If I vote no, it’ll be because of traffic right there at the intersection.

Wow I didn’t realize that ordinance applied to my own driveway… yikes.

We need safe overnight parking lots specifically for vehicle dwellers. I’ve seen YouTube videos about that sort of thing popping up in larger metros. Not sure the NIMBYs would let it happen though, but you’d think it would be better to have one or more safe spaces rather than people parked on random streets. 🤷‍♂️

I think it’s hard to find a tribe here in general without being involved in church. My wife and I moved here from out of state a few years back and still have a pretty small circle here, but no “tribe” unfortunately.

Also doing a van conversion, DM if you want to chat about it!

That show was an under appreciated gem and pretty ahead of it’s time.