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Originally Posted by Saul Good
I think you've got your facts backwards. Sprawl is the enemy of light rail. And there will NEVER be shit around the stadiums. NEVER EVER EVER. Nor should there be. It's in a terrible location...pretty much like everything else in Kansas City.
Airport 30 miles north of town? Check
Casinos on the river north of the city? Check
Stadiums on the east side of the city? Check
Theme parks next to the caves? Check
Kemper Arena in the west bottoms? Check
The Sprint Center/P&L is the first thing the city has done right since...well...ever.
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The problem is that everyone around the metro proper has adjusted their lives to being able to drive to whereever they want whenever they want. The sprawl knocks down on traffic here (I've never been stuck in traffic at 2 am like I have been in Chicago).
I guess I just disagree on what light rail could do for the town. I live up by Worlds of Fun, and would happily get on the EL if it took me to Sprint, the airport, or the Stadiums.