Now that there's precedent, the rest of Missouri needs to follow suit. Obviously not St. Louis city. But everyone else that actually has a brain needs to.
Everyone wants to live in the city, until they see those big city taxes hit their paychecks. Cost of living in the city is astronomical. I had a guy working for me that needed a "cost of living" raise because his rent was almost 3K a month. To live in the shitty part of STL. Which is mind boggling to me. If my mortgage was 3K a month, I'd be living in a fucking mega house.
I don't understand the "But look at that view!" mentality. I've been to cities. I've seen the views. I prefer my view from my backyard. Trees, river, wildlife, big open sky. Not a bunch of giant concrete and glass dicks we had to put up and charge millions to use.
If I ever need to go to downtown STL, I make sure I have mace and my pistol on me. More than once I've been down there and been approached by some homeless dude wielding a knife trying to get money. I hate the city. It's disgusting. Trash, dirt, grime, homeless people, and constant construction and road repair noise. I had an ex that lived off of one of the most pricey parts of the city. You couldn't park on the street and had to park at a paid lot 3 blocks away because they didn't want residential tenants taking up space for the retail folks. That was more than enough to discourage me from ever wanting to live in the city.
Now that there's precedent, the rest of Missouri needs to follow suit. Obviously not St. Louis city. But everyone else that actually has a brain needs to.
Kansas City, which also has a black democrat mayor, won't buy into this
which is tough shit because it is about to become state law
Everyone wants to live in the city, until they see those big city taxes hit their paychecks. Cost of living in the city is astronomical. I had a guy working for me that needed a "cost of living" raise because his rent was almost 3K a month. To live in the shitty part of STL. Which is mind boggling to me. If my mortgage was 3K a month, I'd be living in a fucking mega house.
high taxes, shitty schools, criminal government, crime through the roof, gestapo police- why would you not want to live in the city?
I don't understand the "But look at that view!" mentality. I've been to cities. I've seen the views. I prefer my view from my backyard. Trees, river, wildlife, big open sky. Not a bunch of giant concrete and glass dicks we had to put up and charge millions to use.
I live in dt phx and have $3k rent, but phx homes cost 800k now. And yea lol schools and dealing with constant homeless isn't worth it.
If I ever need to go to downtown STL, I make sure I have mace and my pistol on me. More than once I've been down there and been approached by some homeless dude wielding a knife trying to get money. I hate the city. It's disgusting. Trash, dirt, grime, homeless people, and constant construction and road repair noise. I had an ex that lived off of one of the most pricey parts of the city. You couldn't park on the street and had to park at a paid lot 3 blocks away because they didn't want residential tenants taking up space for the retail folks. That was more than enough to discourage me from ever wanting to live in the city.