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[deleted] OP t1_j6658tj wrote

Y’all haven’t had your afternoon nap, I see. I was asking for opinions, not hostility. That sort of supports my thoughts on the matter, that NIMBY state of mind. I’m a transplant and I quite frankly do not understand “Springfielders” nor how a city brimming with opportunity and ability to harness its position in the state and the region can also rank as the state’s poorest? I love this city and I support protecting neighborhoods, but I also believe there must be compromise. Again, I’m asking for a conversation, not rudeness. Thanks!

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Cloud_Disconnected t1_j667p59 wrote

If we're going to relitigate the Galloway issue, I'll ask the same question I asked then: specifically what was the actual benefit of the project to the neighborhood and the city?

I don't mean a avoiding scaring off developers. I mean the actual, measurable benefit of building luxury apartments and self-storage there in that spot, as opposed to a another location.

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[deleted] OP t1_j668dw7 wrote

Oh! I like this question! You’re right, as far as that specific spot, nothing. BUT, it is extremely important because that specific spot decided the foreseeable future of development in “other spots” in Springfield. If I was a developer and witnessed the defeat by a lackluster neighborhood refusing to grow with a city, I would assume my money is no good and take my development elsewhere. It is the same with the other developments Springfield needs. That campaign, that decision, that vote, Bach, turned a page in Springfield’s history and it was not a positive one. That is part of why I shared what Nixa, a wealthy suburb of Springfield, is saying. Everybody looking in is seeing it like I saw that stunt. AND, Bach wants to be Mayor??? Developers will avoid this city like the plague it is and is becoming!

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Cloud_Disconnected t1_j66tto2 wrote

Well there you go, without any concrete benefit I can't see how the rezoning is warranted. If a developer gets scared off by a rezoning that failed because the project wasn't beneficial to the city or the neighborhood and was rightly and soundly rejected by both, when the developer knew it was not zoned for the purpose they had in mind when they bought the property, then I am perfectly fine with them taking their money to Nixa, or whatever town wants to support that kind of development at any cost.

You bemoaned the hostility from others in this thread, but then you say things like "lackluster neighborhood," and "Developers will avoid this city like the plague it is and is becoming!" I can see where an attitude like that might very well inspire some "hostility."

Transplants cry around about how locals are so hostile to them while calling Springfield a clusterfuck and implying that "wealthier" Nixa knows better. This is why. People who move here love to tell everyone how backwards and awful Springfield is and how the town should be run like this or that town. Most people from Springfield wouldn't live in Nixa if you paid us, and you'd have to pay us a whole hell of a lot to afford living there.

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EcoAffinity t1_j66q3ho wrote

>Nixa, a wealthy suburb of Springfield

Lol, you're saying this as if Nixa has some how culminated this wealth itself as a town when the fact it's a suburb of ~Springfield~ and its commerce has caused wealth to congregate there.

Your two posts and comments SOLELY negatively about Bach means you're likely some pathetic plant with ulterior motives for this mayoral election. These questions aren't genuine and you have presented ZERO facts about anything you've stated except some schmuck's response from a suburb.

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