{"id":85577,"date":"2023-07-21T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85577"},"modified":"2023-07-20T10:22:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:22:27","slug":"trench-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85577","title":{"rendered":"Trench Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A friend of the blog emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I thought the whole stupid idea to make I94 a boulevard was a dead idea. No one really wants it. If the activists get it, it won&#8217;t be what they want. Neighborhoods were destroyed when I94 was built, but tearing it out now for some fluffy grade level street, probably close to what Snelling looks like now would really destroy what&#8217;s left of the neighborhood (after it rebuilt from I94 and was subsequently destroyed by the light rail).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, it seems there are enough activists who do not care about the neighbors that they serve, who are only looking to move up by talking the points without even understanding the points that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/metro\/2023\/07\/fill-in-the-i-94-trench-add-more-lanes-here-are-the-options-the-state-is-studying-for-i-94-between-st-paul-minneapolis\/\">MNDOT appears to be actually considering the stupid idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder if anyone who votes for these crappy ideas actually commutes to work, or if they work from home? Do they think their barista at the coffee shop they walk to should work from home? Maybe the barista could be at home collecting unemployment while the robot serves lattes. Do they think the health care staff that care for their aging parents should also work from home? Maybe all the service industry workers, doctors included, should just be shocked up in work force housing next to their employer. That way, they won&#8217;t have to see any of those workers driving to work. The streets will be clean for their errands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is there no end to how little those with privilege want to interact with us?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Signaling one&#8217;s virtue is a social activity &#8211; but only with <em>the right <\/em>society&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve asked one of the planners to discuss this on the radio with me &#8211; a resident of the neighborhood they keep trying to destroyo.  I&#8217;ve heard nothing back.  I&#8217;m not going to hold my breath. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of the blog emails: I thought the whole stupid idea to make I94 a boulevard was a dead idea. No one really wants it. If the activists get it, it won&#8217;t be what they want. Neighborhoods were destroyed when I94 was built, but tearing it out now for some fluffy grade level street, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-st-paul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85577"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85584,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85577\/revisions\/85584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}