drewboto
drewboto t1_j52p3qk wrote
I've lived on both sides. Northside doesn't get credit for the neighborhood a few blocks north of Drury. They also have an abundance of $250k+ homes north of Norton. Meanwhile southsiders keep mum about the property crime that happens on the Golden ave corridor between Walnut lawn and Republic road
drewboto t1_j2uc6nq wrote
Reply to comment by Cloud_Disconnected in Apparently Springfield is in the top 30 "loneliest" cities in America by Xefjord
Right?! I'm all for better bike lanes, pedestrian pathways and better public transit but let's not act like we're all gonna find that extra date per year by cycling and walking. Also, I would assume bus stops and busses would be more like airports where people put in AirPods and keep to themselves. Anecdotally, I see drivers having social hour all the time with calls, messages and FaceTime anyway.
drewboto t1_j161fe5 wrote
Reply to comment by Redneckshittery in Homeless camp locations around Springfield? by Ogtrot
I wandered through there in the summer. It was practically a woodland village. Also there's more woods on the other side of west bypass there too. Lots go further to the south closer to sunshine and there's more camps as well as camps behind McDonald's up in chestnut and bypass
drewboto t1_j15ptju wrote
There's some pedestrians with death wishes in that corner of town. I was riding passenger a few months ago on scenic coming up to Grand. We had the green light so we were full speed limit. Some dude on a bike on grand rides around all the stopped cars at the light to run the light while we're full speed coming up to our green light. I look over at driver to see that biker is most likely visually blocked by the A pillar for driver so I yell STOP. She slammed the brakes without questioning my yelling thankfully. By this time, dude is biking mid- intersection looking down at the ground. She lays on the horn, then dude lazily lifts his head to look at her with an expressionless face and keeps lazily pedalling across like nothing happened
drewboto t1_j6u2wsu wrote
Reply to Springfield driving discourse by shitmaroll
I feel like the whole left lane is full of drivers thinking all the other left lane drivers are the problem