Misc Bickering about population growth

[SD]

Have at it

 

[Bham 99]

You can tell some people dont pay much in taxes.

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

It’s out of hand. The thing I hate most is when someone says “if your town isn’t growing it’s dying!” What they don’t realize is we’ve had enough growth in the last 4 years to sustain us another 20. It’s out of control.

 

[coldspringsfarm]

Stupid population....ruining my winter storms with their pollution and body heat!(How am I doing?)

 

[LickWx]

Stupid population....ruining my winter storms with their pollution and body heat!(How am I doing?)

UHI= climate change ! Too much black top out there absorbing heat

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

UHI= climate change ! Too much black top out there absorbing heat

yeah you can’t tell me the eastern/NE sprawl out of Atlanta hasn’t had any impact on that Toccoa warm bubble. I hope it never snows in Atlanta again

 

[RDUHeatIsland]

Nimbyism is failing our cities. If we built more apartments in city cores we could absorb the growth but instead people have no choice but to sprawl. Just look at the downtowns of southern cities like Raleigh or Atlanta. It's ridiculous how there's single-family homes 2 blocks away from 20-story highrises.

 

[Shawn]

Everytime I meet a lady who tells me she is a city girl, I block her contact information.

#nomorecities

 

[LickWx]

Nimbyism is failing our cities. If we built more apartments in city cores we could absorb the growth but instead people have no choice but to sprawl. Just look at the downtowns of southern cities like Raleigh or Atlanta. It's ridiculous how there's single-family homes 2 blocks away from 20-story highrises.

Leave it to the federal government to fund our senators pet projects ( Toyota ) by funding a brand new interstate in the middle of nowhere but when Raleigh asks for a cheaper light rail line they get denied… whatever . Our cities will suck in the future when the growth slows, they have no backbone or density in them to survive

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

Leave it to the federal government to fund our senators pet projects ( Toyota ) by funding a brand new interstate in the middle of nowhere but when Raleigh asks for a cheaper light rail line they get denied… whatever . Our cities will suck in the future when the growth slows, they have no backbone or density in them to survive

15 minute cities. Everything you’ll ever need will be close by! Just give in and accept it. We did this for you. Your vehicle should never travel beyond these boundaries and if it does you are killing the planet and you will be punished. Everything you need is right here. Just give in. Thanks for staying.

 

[SD]

Leave it to the federal government to fund our senators pet projects ( Toyota ) by funding a brand new interstate in the middle of nowhere but when Raleigh asks for a cheaper light rail line they get denied… whatever . Our cities will suck in the future when the growth slows, they have no backbone or density in them to survive

If raleigh had light rail would you use it

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

If raleigh had light rail would you use it

I wouldn’t. I would drive around in my Dodge Cummins and roll smoke at every red light while the city dorks ride the short bus

 

[SD]

I wouldn’t. I would drive around in my Dodge Cummins and roll smoke at every red light while the city dorks ride the short bus

Exactly let me drive to the train station, pay to ride it, get stuck where I'm at until it comes back, then ride to my car, then drive home.

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

Exactly let me drive to the train station, pay to ride it, get stuck where I'm at until it comes back, then ride to my car, then drive home.

Until you can teleport me back and forth from my destination I think I’ll drive

 

[Broken024]

If raleigh had light rail would you use it

When I worked uptown I used to take the light rail. It was way better to sit on a train for 30 minutes than sit in traffic on 77 for 30 minutes. Cheaper than parking too.

 

[GoDuke]

Population and growth sounds more money the government can take from me in taxes. Live rural, pay low county taxes, be happy.

 

[SD]

When I worked uptown I used to take the light rail. It was way better to sit on a train for 30 minutes than sit in traffic on 77 for 30 minutes. Cheaper than parking too.

I can see value in it for folks. I would have been all over it when I lived in raleigh or knightdale but now it would be a tough sell unless I'm going day drinking downtown

 

[LickWx]

If raleigh had light rail would you use it

Hell yeah I would , I was tired of commuting from Zebulon I looked at the bus system but that doesn’t run frequent enough or to a spot beneficial to me

 

[LickWx]

Exactly let me drive to the train station, pay to ride it, get stuck where I'm at until it comes back, then ride to my car, then drive home.

That’s when stations are poorly designed, in ideal city design your stations and stops are located close enough that you never have to drive to em. Though in the US most light rail is not like that

 

[JHS]

It’s out of hand. The thing I hate most is when someone says “if your town isn’t growing it’s dying!” What they don’t realize is we’ve had enough growth in the last 4 years to sustain us another 20. It’s out of control.

That is certainly true for much of Greenville County, especially now along the Golden Strip. It is also true for any area within 5 miles either side of I-85 from the GA line to the NC line and trending that way along 385 in Laurens County and along I-26. Abbeville and Union are going the other way though for now, with Union losing plenty of people over the last few years. This is outside of our area a little bit, but York County is growing like crazy too, especially from I-77 east and near Lake Wylie.