@bigsnugga
>Shenyang
Oh neat, another city in China with 10m people I had never heard of until today. I swear I find another one of these every few months
@NortonMpls
Lot of people in the replies talking about the cold, and, fair. Coming from Florida it was definitely an adjustment.
I’ve grown to love seasons though. Something I never really experienced until I moved here!
@OutdoorFinance
@lift_run85778
So you:
- Don't own a car (or drive only on your property)
- Extract water from a well on your property
- Have never attended or sent your kids to a public school
- Have never called the police (or fire department)
- Have never used a public park
I don't buy that.
@vanillaopinions
It's funny how every sunbelt city has that one pre-automobile walkable street and it's THE place to be in that city
Almost like that's what people want!
@north0fnorth
Okay here’s a thought: require every municipality to designate a “town center” area zoned for multifamily & retail. If they can’t, they get absorbed by one that can
@BebopOtt
If I'm Dollop, Collectivo, Dark Matter etc I'd be absolutely salivating at moving into Foxtrot's locations.
- Already built out to serve coffee
- prime locations
- could re-hire a lot of the foxtrot staff
- and can probably get a good sublease deal too
@Stealx
Chicago - buffed by its
- geography
- industry
- location
- people
- workforce
- transit
- affordability
- culture
- urbanism
- abundance of fresh water
And nerfed by its politics. Get that fixed, and we’re golden.
@questionableway
- pricey HOA
- no rentals allowed
That roughly pencils out given where rents are. Still a great deal though assuming there aren’t any major assessments coming (that is a big assumption).
@rustbeltenjoyer
Google turned an old CTA car into a little café on the roof of their chicago office; I’d be all for buying that one and doing some kind of similar adaptive re-use
@mnolangray
For some context: At one point last year there was a single apartment building under construction in the West Loop of Chicago that had as many units permitted as the entire city of San Francisco
@vanillaopinions
It’s getting down to do-or-die time to buy a condo before the rest of the country finds out how affordable chicago is
Absolutely insane to me that Chicago - a genuine world-class metropolis - is roughly as affordable, in many cases CHEAPER than my hometown (Tampa, FL)
@north0fnorth
Like - why is there a Palos Park, Palos Hills, and Palos Heights? Why are there like 5 Barringtons? Why is there an East Hazel Crest? Is it not wildly inefficient to run all of these separate municipalities and have all separate police, fire, trash collection and what not?
@ThunderWolf08
Boggles my mind how my home state consistently shoots itself in the foot.
We’ve expanded our highways in FL SO many times and traffic only seems to get worse. Why not do something - anything - different?
@CrainsChicago
Not a fan of the mayor - at all - but this is great. RE values in the Loop proper are a bargain compared to everything surrounding it, adding rental supply (and thereby adding foot traffic) is a huge win.
Making the Loop a 24-hour district should be a top priority.
@sdrx902
Oh we've got a few of these in Chicago. they do $1 any sized iced coffee in the summer. (might have to listen to someone tell you about a credit card though)
@lameyzzz_
Forget the cost. What job is allowing you to sit on a patio at 11am on a Tuesday?
I see this all the time in my neighborhood and it blows my mind.
@the_transit_guy
Nearly every surface lot in this image is owned by one entity (717 Parking).
It's held downtown Tampa back for decades, and only recently have they started to sell.
@DavesBears
I’m assuming he means for tailgating, in which case McCormick place has a gazillion spots to accommodate.
Side note: it’d be kinda cool to see South Loop bars take over for tailgating for bears games; I can’t think of a single other NFL fanbase where that’s the case.
@sleepy_joey
I grew up 20 minutes from Clearwater Beach, FL and I’d take Oak Street, North Ave, or Montrose beach over Clearwater any day*
*assuming it’s warm enough
@ThunderWolf08
Florida too, no?
By 2040 Brightline will either be bankrupt and publicly operated or booming and significantly expanded; hopefully the latter.
@chicagobars
@cta
THANK YOU. This has irked me for so long. TFL in London does an excellent job w/ these, they even have cafes/stalls on the platforms where space allows.
Doesn't this rental income count as farebox revenue too? Which is... sorely needed right now
@Eric_Erins
Uptown is already cool but imagine if it REALLY leaned into being an entertainment/theater district again. Bars open later to cater to concert-goers, more late-night food spots, live entertainment 24/7 etc. could really be incredible
@hugovdthusen
The more important question imo(since the Damen green line station is under construction):
when will all of those parking lots be redeveloped? As West Loop pushes further west, it’s probably only a matter of time. Lot of money to be made there with a stadium district.
@CrainsChicago
That big LaSalle Street apartment conversion project will go a long way to making the loop more lively outside of work hours. More 24hr foot traffic = more people lingering in the Loop.
Reserving the Loop for 9-5 traffic only leaves billions of dollars on the table.
@XV20_Camry
Many small towns in the US are quite walkable if you actually live *in* said town. This place is walking distance to:
- a convenience store
- a gym
- a trail (former rail conversion)
And driving distance to some absolutely beautiful nature.
@AtlWinKnee
My theory:
- FDOT designs insane, convoluted roads all over the state
- High number of tourists/transplants are completely unfamiliar w/ them & drive defensively
- Floridians drive aggressively/defensively in response
- Those awful driving habits follow us everywhere
@north0fnorth
It might be the best city in the world to be young in period
- High wages
- Low COL
- No car required
- Tons of jobs
- easy to navigate
- so much to do
And all of that combined with like $900 rent? it's like urban living on easy mode
@jcliffordknecht
Plus, when the CTA works, it WORKS.
Yesterday I was lucky enough to get an almost perfect transfer between the Ravenswood UP-N and Damen Brown line stations; made it from Lake Bluff(!!) to my apartment in Lake View East in 57 minutes. Incredible
That same drive takes abt 1:30.
@alopex_ii
Nope, property owners should be allowed to build whatever they’d like. I’d begrudgingly defend their right to do this just as I’d support them building 50 units on the same lot (though I’d of course prefer the latter)
@ctaaction
What if we replaced the CTA board with like 10 foamers, let them share Dorval’s salary, and just let them cook for a few weeks
I’m actually dead serious
@cornoisseur
I live just a few blocks from this development -- looks great. Hopefully there's a plan to relocate the affected businesses, but aside from that -- build it! More density is always good, especially around a station as useful as Belmont.