UnnamedCzech

UnnamedCzech t1_j02tax2 wrote

Reply to Your move, Whataburger. by DKBMusic

Ladies and gentlemen, get your downvotes ready.

I don’t get the hype. I genuinely don’t. People freak out over the newest fast food joint because “this one’s different bro.” (And yes I’ve had whataburger. Just another fast food joint IMO)

The thing is it’s just more of the same for Springfield, more shitty fast foods, box stores, strip malls, car dealerships, etc. People had the same reaction when Costco came to town, it was the talk of the town. But these companies come in, drain community finances for a few decades, then leave. It’s how it always goes. And look what they do to the town, too. Every strip with the insane amounts of fast food and whatnot are hideous and just terrible to be in.

It’s in part why I left Springfield. The absurdity of the culture around these sorts of things (in this case, waiting way too long in a line of cars for the lowest common denominator of American cuisine). This kind of development was a drain on my mental health and yet everyone around me celebrated it.

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UnnamedCzech t1_izl8ljk wrote

Reply to comment by kernelpanic789 in Perceptions of Drury by Haidian-District

Would also mention as far as neighborhood fabric, drury is a weird bubble surrounded by a sketch neighborhood. So long as you’re on campus, you’re fine but the farther you go east, west, or north, the more sketch it gets.

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UnnamedCzech t1_ivmxoc7 wrote

Reply to Great sidewalk design, Springfield. by MunchieMunk

Sidewalks in Springfield are merely there to check a box, not to be useful.

You can especially tell where the city’s priorities are when it snows. Roads are well cleared… but the sidewalks are piled high with the snow from the road. And then you see people in mobility scooters riding down the side of Glenstone with cars zooming by at 50mph. Pretty clear the city does not care about them.

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