Urban vs Suburban plans – STL CITY LIVING

St. Louis City: We Need More Hoops!

In today’s Post, there was an article about how our City Park system ranks compared to the rest of the country. We did well. The article was on the proverbial back. Going through the analysis, it appears that we compete very effectively against the cities on the top of the list except for oneContinue reading “St. Louis City: We Need More Hoops!”

Seven and a Half Ain’t Bad

City residents response to our presence in the media often ranges from frustration, to angst to sarcastic humor. Interestingly, the folks that seem the most suprised by the negative perception of St Louis are newer residents. They hear all these negative viewpoints, then move here and enjoy the lower cost of real estate, lower taxes, and finally find that theContinue reading “Seven and a Half Ain’t Bad”

Let’s Make the ‘Burbs More Like the City

Hmmm. More transit. More density. Less Parking. Sounds sort of ….urban. This article from the Post Dispatch was refreshing. One of the most frustrating things about suburbia is being in malls and strip malls with hideous amounts of unused parking. These sterile asphalt tundras fill up maybe a few times a year. As the internetContinue reading “Let’s Make the ‘Burbs More Like the City”