Clean Up The City 6.08.2007 | 2 Comment(s)

For some stupid reason, I clicked the link our awful daily's homepage titled "Will public art help draw people downtown?" Big mistake. When the Post Dispatch allows its readers to comment on a story about the City via its website it's obvious that most of the Post's readers don't live in the City. Maybe that's why the paper is so anti-City...it's just giving its readers what they want.

My favorite line from suburban people is that if you "clean up the city" people will visit and come back. I find that comment pretty insulting for a few reasons.

1. I really dislike the way people who don't live in the City feel they have all the answers to the City's ills.


2. I don't like the way suburbanites feel that their shit doesn't smell.


3. Portions of the City need help, true. However, there are many areas of the city that are clean and beautiful places to live.

Sorry for the rant, I just find the Post and it's readers a biased bunch. I suppose the same could be said for me, but we live in a hypocritical world!

By  MattHurst, at 4:17 PM

way to stick it to 'em. i swear if i hear from any more of my relatives about how dangerous this town is...

By  Anonymous, at 12:56 PM

Recently, two of the new employees at my job were discussing the city and the fact that there are "dangerous city in America" t-shirts.

The one co-worker asked the other one, "Do you believe that is true though?"

The other person, who is from Barnhart, vehemently said, "YES!"

I just shook my head.............