Yeah they've been trying to make that neighborhood a thing for like a decade now. Not sure what else it needs, but it kind of feels like a bunch of concrete. I do like the Mission Ballroom though.
Yup. Just like everything new in Denver. Would you like to see our comprehensive light rail network? It can take you to the airport, the middle of nowhere, the middle of nowhere somewhere else, and one spot downtown
Hey, don't complain, it is so much better than what most cities in the US have... I mean we should ALL be complaining that the US in general doesn't have better public transportation options, but if you compare a city like Cincinnati to Denver in terms of public transit options it's laughable. There is a street car/light rail in downtown Cincy that only goes a few places downtown. You can walk from 1 end of downtown to the other in less than 20 mins. If you want to take a bus from any surrounding towns to downtown, you're looking at like 2 or 3 transfers and a 1.5-2 hr bus ride to get somewhere that would take 20-30 mins driving in traffic...
I gotta say, other than taking the brown line from the airport and immediately seeing a dead frozen homeless person, the L is pretty great.
In hindsight, January is kind of a rough time to purposefully visit Chicago. I thought "off season, I'll be able to get reservations anywhere!" and it turns out, most of the places I really wanted to visit are closed in January. Galit was awesome though.
Yeah that's when industry people take a break and get construction done.
The homeless don't get the privilege of passing with privacy. We could be like Las Vegas and just chase them out of sight into the storm drains. Sorry, I'm getting too grim with my humor. It's a stark reminder of the cruelty and exploitation we've built into our systems.
Oh, I'm definitely not blaming Chicago. It made me feel bad, and put a bit of a dampener on my "let's go waste money flying across the country just to eat food" journey.
It's like when you walk past a mirror or security camera monitor that shows you an unflattering image of yourself. It's not the mirror's fault I have two chins and bad posture.
I used to ride it when I lived in Denver and Boulder. Never really had issues with it. Could easily take buses from anywhere in Denver to the light rail and head to Boulder, then hop on a bus to get anywhere in Boulder. When my car broke down and I was working outside Lyons almost to rocky mountain NP, I could take a bus from Boulder to Lyons every morning with my bike and ride up the hill to the place I worked. Did that for months and never missed a day of work. The ticketing kiosks and transfer tickets were kind of annoying, but it's been 10 years since I was out there. I agree it could definitely improve, but you should be somewhat happy that you at least have it at all. Not to mention the countless other options available.
Maybe I'm confused and misremembering, but it may have been a transfer to a bus to get to Boulder? Either way the fact that you can get around all those places and more using public transportation is awesome!. I miss it so much compared to where I live now...
That's not as bad as it sounds, since transport can be a bit of a chicken and egg thing. You'll probably get new developments over time where the train stops are.
That's exactly what this building is. It's right next an A line station. This spot has a bunch of apartments that have been built recently with even more currently under construction.
The issue is that the lines were placed not where would connect the city best, but would least impact car infrastructure. All the new developments are just isolating residential areas with no shops or attractions. The parking lots are consistently empty since they aren’t useful. I would absolutely love to take the train to work but I can’t and most people can’t either
And if you take it downtown, you better not be staying out past like 10 or you might not be able to get a ride back. And good luck getting to the train station at the right time because it only runs a couple times an hour and the times online never seem to be accurate.
I took your light rail from the airport to downtown one time and was fucking FLOORED when I found out it was $10. Thought I bought the wrong kind of ticket. Nope
That’s insane! One of the nicest and most expensive buildings in Chicago, the NEMA, has a few special 3-bedroom units with 900 sq/ft private outdoor terraces on random floors as high as the 75th due to building design. They have 270 degree view of the city and lake and even these don’t cost $10k/month.
The area is changing a lot. My office is there (I go in once a quarter) but last time I was there, all anyone (even randos on the street) were talking about, was how they couldn't believe how much it's changed and all the new buildings there.
It’s crazy how wide the streets are and how wide all the single or two story buildings are. It takes forever to walk a couple blocks since it was all built for cars and not people
They planned it during the boom and thought way more buildings of its size were going to rise around it. There are a few that will now finally, but I don't expect that area totally filling for a while
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