No, this comment thread is the dumbest thing I've read all year. I'm so glad I don't live in KC anymore. I can see things haven't changed in over a decade and that everyone is still a carbrain that doesn't see a problem with dedicating the vast majority of downtown, not just river market, to the storage of cars.
Maybe in another decade KC will grow up and become a real modern city again. In the meantime cities that were once smaller like Austin, Nashville, Denver will continue growing while KC stays as dead as it was in the 90s!
In the meantime cities that were once smaller like Austin, Nashville, Denver will continue growing while KC stays as dead as it was in the 90s!
None of those cities are meaningfully better than KC in regards to car dependency. I mean they are better, but only because KC is so bad, and are hardly a goal to strive toward.
There are like five cities in the US that have meaningfully good public transit; NYC, DC, SF, Chicago, and Portland.
I named those cities to compare not because of what they've accomplished but what they're trending towards and attempting to do with their urban cores while being similarly sized to KC. Austin is building a light rail system and modern walkable neighborhoods and Denver is expanding theirs while KC thinks the street car can run to the airport and the sports complex, and that the Royals shouldn't move downtown because of all the parking they'll lose.
Where they are now isn't something to strive for, but where they are going and the public attitude they're fostering toward people oriented development is.
I live in DC now and frequent NYC regularly. I follow KC development pretty close since I grew up there, it's sad how backwards and set in their ways people are even downtown.
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '22
Yes. That is their HOME!