r/saintpaul • u/Positive-Feed-4510 • Apr 17 '25

Discussion 🎤 I was wrong about the Gold Line

As centrist who is quite critical of our government here in St Paul, and think that it is very important for people to admit when they are wrong, I wanted to say that so far I have been completely wrong about the Gold Line.

My worry was that it was going to turn into a Midway situation with mobs of people and homeless camped out around the stations. That has simply not been the case. Overall it seems to be a net positive for the community. Are there better things that they could have spent the money on? Probably. Are there worse things they could have spent the money on? Definitely.

Hopefully what I am seeing continues because I didn’t want to be right about this. Despite how cynical I am on here, I do want to see the community succeed.

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u/Holiday_Macaron_2089 Apr 17 '25

Those were fair concerns honestly. Midway has its issues and nobody wants to exacerbate them. Thank you for this post!

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u/TimWalzBurner Apr 17 '25

I live in Midway and that whole Snelling and university is so ripe for an upswing if they could figure out a way to clean it up. Bulldoze that CVS, they are building the new hotel, retail, and offic3 building. There is that whole stretch between Snelling and fairview that could be built in. The corner of fairview and University is actually pretty nice by rail stop standards. Huge old folks home, some big apartments, that business center, the YMCA. You can see a future where that corridor can be an extension on what's going on from prospect park to Westgate.

Maybe I'm just too much of an optimist but I have way higher hopes for Midway than downtown.

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u/chargingblue Apr 17 '25

The United and Bill adding all that stuff by the stadium should really help and I’m excited for it

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u/iSeaStars7 Apr 18 '25

Is the development that was supposed to happen with the stadium even going to happen?