Build•brain /'bildˌbrān/ (noun)
⚠️derogatory•informal
A condition wherein the sufferer ascribes an inordinate amount of power, blame, or credit to a structure or to the act of erecting structures.
@BarsottiKlb@ggraham@2024dion Geoff is 100% correct. It is hypocritical to lament this highway and then also criticize public engagement or community input, for instance. Lack of community input gets us freeways through our neighborhoods.
@2024dion@BarsottiKlb Also wait I am definitely a hater on this. 100%. This picture shows a horrible place that I'm glad we've changed. The people in the comments fawning over it disturb me.
I know this has been posted a thousand times but I want you to really zoom in and look at the top photo. The ornate facades, the crowds on the sidewalks, the pleasant mid-rise density. If this street were still around today people would find Kansas City downright picturesque
@2024dion@BarsottiKlb You did acknowledge that it was overused but then you used it 😫
Anyways I am now wondering if horse shit negatively effects a Walkability Score ™️
There it is, a "public-private partnership"! The way public-private stadium partnerships work is the public partner pays the cost and the private partner keeps the revenue. It's impossible to devote $1.8 billion of public resources without having an impact on the state budget.
The death of Brigitte Bardot necessitated the update of this marvelous chart. Only three people mentioned in Billy Joel's banger "We Didn't Start The Fire" are still alive. Source: https://t.co/RQytWpRj03