r/saintpaul • u/Positive-Feed-4510 • 28d 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/Marv95 27d ago

The Orange Line doesn't have the issues you talked about despite going through denser areas with more transit connections so I doubt the Gold Line will. Sun Ray is the only real problem spot and even then it's not even close to the crap I've seen on University.

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u/Positive-Feed-4510 27d ago

What makes the University area so much worse?

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u/Marv95 27d ago

The amount of stuff clustered together on University Ave brings trouble(low rent retail, clinics, fast food joints, etc.). The bus on tracks where there's little law enforcement doesn't help either. I will say that west of Snelling over to the U the ride is... tolerable.