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Originally Posted by greenmidtown
I'm going to get on a soapbox for a minute.
can we quit with the name-calling of our city? you all need to train your minds to show a little pride, Sac needs it. many people are invested wholeheartedly in making this city a better place to live and the denigrating jokes made by many residents (most of whom have done little to improve this city) are getting obnoxious, not to mention old. it's too easy to sit around and taunt the efforts of the city and developers investing hundreds of millions of dollars to make this city a better place. and if you don't like what they're doing don't run away, get involved or do something creative. Or maybe, just maybe we can all boast about how Sac is improving, it might not be getting everything we all want but at least it's getting better which is something a lot of other cities can't say. the loss of a skyscraper won't take away the hundreds of restaraunts, bars, nightclubs, condo's, lofts, and other high-rises built or being built in this city.
basically we need more love for Sac  |
I would honestly like to punch someone in the face from the Bay Area who put down my city. But I don't mind the self-degradation from our own residents, it's somewhat theraputic at times. I do completely agree with your call to action, though. Sacramento could use a lot more people who "do something" to better our city.
As much as we like to deride the community activist process in Sac, it is a great way to get your voice heard. LPCA for instance, while I don't agree with anything they do, I have to give them credit for being persistant and heard (mainly b/c they yell louder and longer than anyone else). They might carry the single heaviest stick to shake against anything they don't like. Here's my call to action...do something about it. This is where residents of Land Park can start organizing to oust the LPCA leadership. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait a year to do it. How many Land Park residents read this board, or forumers who know other LP residents who don't agree with the way LPCA "represents" their interests. I've met LP residents who would love to remove the current leadership. OK, I sense the start of a new movement.
I've always thought that K street will be revitalized not by city efforts or development efforts, but by local residents deciding to do something... start a business, open a bar, restaurant, art gallery, coffee shop, late night diner, any of the things that will add that spark of life, draw people and drive out the riff-raff. The bones already exist for great things to happen on K st. Sacramento suffers from Stategovernmentitis, an unfortunate condition whereby residents of a city whose largest employment base is state government. The city then lacks the entrepreneurial spirit, creative class, make-your-own-way mindset that other cities possess. Apolgies to any state workers who read this, but does anyone else feel this way? btw, I'm a
former state worker by choice.
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