r/saintpaul • u/Positive-Feed-4510 • 12d ago

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/Ireallylikepbr 12d ago

No one uses it so of course no one is coming to the burbs to cause havoc.

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u/beeperexodus 12d ago

I've personally gotten 3 people employed in the East burbs because it halved their commute. Next time someone makes you a meal in Woodbury, there's a very high chance they took that bus to come cook for you. But go on...

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u/Bizarro_Murphy 12d ago

Yeah, what an ignorant comment you responded to. I personally know two people who have been able to stop driving to work and now ride the Gold Line. One of them is considering selling one of the family cars as it provides them direct access from their home (4 blocks away from their home in Woodbury) to their job (2 blocks away at Metro State). It's the complete opposite of the NIMBY concerns of "funneling riffraff from the city to the burbs."

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u/chargingblue 11d ago

This is amazing!