Change one thing about your town

[taterguy]

If you could change one thing about your town, what would it be?

[Left Is Write]

1. It would be populated by liberals, progressives, Democrats...

[LSK]

11. same here

[Delphinus]

28. Took the words right out of my mouth.

Thanks for reading my mind. :)

[XemaSab]

2. More compact, less sprawl

Just a handful of buildings over 2 stories (other than the hospitals).

I'd totally demolish all the houses on the river bluff.

I'd add a brew pub.

Oh, and more liberals. :P

[taterguy]

5. you have an interesting definition of the word "one" :)

[XemaSab]

10. Okay, fine. ONE change:

I would be dictator with absolute power. :D

[Texasgal]

3. I would get rid of our TRAFFIC nightmare!!!

UGGGGGG!!!! Traffic here has gotten out of control, it's like Austin grew and TXDOT didn't pay attention!!

[slide to the left]

17. so did dallas

Who decided that 114, 121 and 635 (3 rather busy highways right next to DFW) should all connect in the same 1/4 mile stretch? Dumb peice of shit should be hung!

[jobycom]

27. I never thought traffic was bad in Austin.

I mean, traffic is never fun, but it's better than it was when I lived in Dallas, by a long shot.

[ZombieNixon]

4. More hot women!!!

I live in Chicago, BTW. }(

[Patiod]

6. More winning pro teams

Improves morale and all that.

A warmer climate and more attractive men would also be nice, but you said only one thing.

[pro_blue_guy]

15. My wish list!

For my hometown in rural Ohio (population 17,000): to keep the current Democratic mayor for another few terms (which will probably happen anyway); this town is odd, the county it is in usually votes Republican yet my town continually has a Democrat as mayor (I can't figure it out) with a couple of Independents on the council.


For my collegetown (population 65,000): we need a mall!

[terrya]

7. The CTA trains could be cleaner inside.

Some of those cars are disgustingly filthy. :-(

Otherwise, I like Chicago just fine the eay it is.

[billyskank]

8. All my DU friends would live here!!!

:bounce:

[jobycom]

9. It wouldn't have all these conservatives just outside it's bounds.

Once you get out of Austin, Texas starts to look Republican. I'd change that.

[ucmike]

12. move it away from the junction of 5 major highways

our little town has the convergence of 5 of the major roads in the area right at its edge. whenever there's a traffic calamity, everything backs up, even into the local neighborhood roads as drivers go looking for alternate routes.

[regularguy]

13. I'd like 'em to slap a Trader Joe's right in the middle of town.

I'd also like one of them medical Marijuana outlets, 'cept that you wouldn't have to be sick or anything to hook up.

[Patiod]

19. We've got that (the Trader Joes, that is)

3 blocks from my office - all the goodies I can schlep home on SEPTA (and there's also one in Devon if I'm inclined to drive out there)

Where are you in beautiful South Jersey? You ain't one of them pineys, is ya?

[Ariana Celeste]

14. We'd have mass transportation.

Jeez, we are only a few minutes away from Indianapolis, you'd think we'd have at least one bus stop here.

Ugh.

[LeftyMom]

16. Less sprawl

:(

[formerrepuke]

18. More thoughtful planning & development

[Taverner]

20. I'd eliminate any and all parking meters

Parking meters are fascist

[azmouse]

21. We'd get rain more than once a year.

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. Just like 'Tobacco Road'

Tear it down and start over.

[warrens]

23. Low 70s from Jan. 1 to May 1.

[ghostsofgiants]

24. My hometown, I'd give it a nice skateboard park...

So my summers wouldn't be spent complaining about how much the town sucks.

The city I'm in now, I'd want less crappy weather.

[StellaBlue]

25. where to begin?

I can't pick one thing... but I guess I would zap the fundies into some semblance of sense...

[swag]

26. It would have well funded public schools.

[sbj405]

29. Decent restaurants

Lots of good stuff, but it's all about 15-20 minutes away.

[SofaKingLiberal]

30. Local police department shut down and have county take over. n/t

[KamaAina]

31. Buses not crowded like human sardine cans

Seriously. My commute in Manhattan was less of a nightmare (usually) than it is out here. The only things uglier than a bus going by already jampacked with people is one of those new longer articulated buses going by, also already jammed with people, and a bus going by jammed with people at 10 o'clock in the freakin' morning.. There is talk of a rail system, but that'd be years away. :eyes:

[u4ic]

32. The location

no, -30 doesn't bother me at all...:eyes:

[we can do it]

33. Winter Would Only Last One Month Instead of Six

Uh - well with global warming this just may happen....

[grace0418]

34. About Chicago? The weather. Although global warming

seems to be taking care of some of that for me. It makes me nervous for this summer. Other than that I wish there was still a single family home I could afford in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. We love our neighborhood but have outgrown our condo. But we keep staying because we can't find anything we can afford (even given the monster profit we're going to make on our condo) unless we move to the suburbs or a boring neighborhood.

[GOPisEvil]

35. Not as hot in the summer.

I actually like it here a lot, but damn August and early September are HOT! Hell, July's no bargain either.

[Redstone]

36. Get rid of the fucking New York Yuppies who have "discovered" it.

Redstone

[JVS]

37. I'd move the whole town 70 miles to the North

[Initech]

38. LA would have a mass transit system that actually goes somewhere

[tinfoilinfor2005]

39. For all of you out there who are used to malls complete with Macys,

Bed Bath and Beyond, Crate and Barrel, Burlington, Bath and Body Works, etc. ... my town has all of those stores wrapped into one: K-Mart. Yup. One store and the nearest next one about thirty miles away is a Wal-Mart. I live in Paradise, but it is shopper's hell.

[deadparrot]

40. A vibrant downtown.

St. Louis...doesn't have it. :shrug:

[greendog]

41. I'd infect all the Real Estate agents with incurable halitosis...

...be kinda hard to sell all this "vanity property" if the potential buyers feel like they're downwind of the sewage treatment plant.

[ccjlld]

42. End this towns affair with Wal-mart!

The population is around 85,000 and we have 3 Wal-Marts! 1 Super-Center and 2 regular, plus 1 Sam's Club. They are in the process of building 2 more Super-Centers. It may have something to do with 2 of the Wal-Mart heiress's living here and the fact tha Sam went to high school here. This town worships at the altar of Wal-Mart and it's disgusting. They even altered the plan of a major road to avoid one of the heiress's land.

[Gatchaman]

43. Can I just drop a nuclear bomb on mine?

It would be too much work to ship all the carbon blobs off to Gitmo and burn the town to cinders.

Plus, that would be two things, which is against the rules.

Maybe I can just get some blankets for them from the US Cavalry...

[Flaxbee]

44. two things would make it livable...

can't do just one. Will be leaving soon, most likely. But I'd consider staying if the population were radically overhauled and there were more liberals in town and fewer whacked-out fundies. I guess if the town population changed, we'd then be able to have drinks in restaurants and maybe even - gasp! - a bar or pub. Those are the two main things. Then, run WalMart outta town, and try to redo the downtown.

[fishwax]

45. I'd really like a Whole Foods

mmm ... whole foods ...