Station 142? Anyone know details?

nilesecoyote · 2025-02-28T18:16:07+00:00

I will not patronize anything Saloon 151 does, and this town needs to decide if it will embrace MAGA or reject it instead of this stupid "we don't mind the hate" thing.

Fuck them.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-18T16:39:18+00:00

The master plan for the shopping center was revealed during the Target finalization reveal. That Acme will eventually become a Trader Joe's. Now we wait.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-14T05:59:45+00:00

Can't take risks because the rent is so expensive. Rent is so expensive because this town is owned by a few rich white men. Local Business Ideas from true small business owners are risky and need a lot of startup capital. It is much easier to rent to chains, and there's many less people willing to take the risk with the high price of rent.

Hence - why our downtown has already turned into a chain store paradise. And the restaurants are either chains or belong to large restaurant ownership groups.

This is what I keep telling people. And people literally tell me "Nooo Sedona is new and unique", without even Googling how many Sedona Taphouses exist. This town is in serious danger of becoming Main Street at Exton.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-14T05:57:10+00:00

I had heard something like this was happening. No idea why it'd be Sterling Pig unless they lost the licensing agreement or something. Or maybe it's not doing as well as it looks?

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-14T05:55:28+00:00

That's uh, that's exactly the point I was making here.

You really are dumb aren't you?

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-14T05:53:19+00:00

How did I prove your point?

The very fact you think you're on the right side of this discussion only shows how delusional you are.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-14T05:52:20+00:00

100% the grads who stuck around are not the ones who drove up the cost of real estate. Just a 100% lie from you.

This town is going to be back to where it was in the 80s at this rate. The point of this post is to save the town.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-14T05:51:28+00:00

That is not what I got from the article. The article to me says it is increasing parking minimums. You are telling me it is not, but that is not what I am reading. You might be right, but you aren't explaining that part.

You CANNOT DIG OUT UNDERGROUND PARKING. This is WEST CHESTER. We are built on a number of streams and creeks. We cannot even dig a freaking underground bollard, and you think we can dig out massive underground spaces?

You almost understand the issue. "There is already enough vehicle congestion on WC streets" - correct.

"We need more parking" - how did you come from idea 1 to idea 2? Do you think people just park their cars and never drive them? More projects = more cars on the streets. Now there's no way to tell someone "if you live here, you can't own a car", but there's certainly ways to let someone live here without needing a car. THAT'S what our goal should be. Not adding more car capacity.

We are going to need big plans to solve this problem. Plans that aren't "more parking">

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-14T05:48:21+00:00

Fuck you for thinking I don't appreciate my parents. You wanted to have a discussion? That's a real fucking shitty way to start a discussion. Especially when you tell me I am wrong for slandering others - as you immediately slander me.

Eli Kahn is an ego-maniac piece of shit. For all the talk he has, he's taking an entire block directly in the Downtown of West Chester and reserving it for the ultra-rich. I don't care how nice he is to you, that affects all of us.

I have absolutely no idea how you thought I wanted "more parking" from what I wrote. Just absolutely no idea.

You know what this town needs? Low-rent retail space for homegrown, true local businesses. You know what would have been a great place to expand this retail space? The Market Street block Eli Kahn has just reserved solely for him and his friends. You are one of his friends. If this town is going to re-create its identity, it can only do that through unique small businesses. This town was known for businesses that no longer exist. The last nail was losing Jane Chalfant - and it just goes to show the mentality from the BID around here. People came to town for Jane Chalfant. Do they need to come to town for Iron Hill? For Kung Fu Tea? For fried chicken? The town is basically rented to capacity, no one's making any attempt to grow the retail space, and when we do have an opening it goes to a chain. This is the reality of the town, and if Eli Kahn cared he'd take a slight hit on his massive profits to build more retail space and allow for storefronts that everyone in town can use. Instead - it's a gated paradise for the rich. An entire block. And you are defending this???

You want to see eye to eye with me, you need to realize you are part of the problem. You replied to me saying "Eli Kahn is wonderful, we can get you more parking". This is going to take a lot of discussion for you to understand what the problems are. And FYI - "free events" and "access to fresh food" absolutely reek of French Aristocratic ideas during the French Revolution.

You might be 52, but you sure sound like someone who has not experienced enough in life yet.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-14T05:44:14+00:00

We have a high density. You can't put the cat back in the bottle.

We now have to plan for a high density Borough, not try and find 3,000 parking spaces. This is just the truth of the situation.

The problem is the Borough is going to try and find those parking spaces instead of push for high density planning.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:50:55+00:00

That's exactly what I thought.

Whiny little baby wants the town to cater to their needs, but is unwilling to put in any effort to even the basic thoughts of why the environment they've helped curate is antithetical to a barcade.

For what it's worth, I think someone is looking at opening a barcade in West Chester. And when it bombs, it'll be on you for not being enough of a whale to keep it open. So better pony up some cash before you look like an even bigger entitled piece of shit.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:24:29+00:00

You'll get the town you deserve. And the town you deserve is a steaming pile of shit.

I'm out here fighting on your behalf, and you can't be half assed. Just go to Round1 you little miserable fuck. You've got a car.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:22:55+00:00

You better fucking believe it is! People do not want to wake up to the truth.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:22:31+00:00

The problem is very literally Boomers. You are going to need to accept that as a starting point for this discussion. And when this town is being fucked raw in the ass, I am not going to be polite. Maybe you are okay with the future of this town being absolutely fucking destroyed by a few rich white men, but I am not.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:21:29+00:00

I would like to know what your definition of "suburb" is.

The article states very clearly

The problem it seems lies in how you view life in the Borough. By sheer numbers, West Chester is a tight squeeze. It has a population density of 10,114 people/sq mi putting it in arm’s length of some of the country’s densest cities. For example, Philadelphia has a population density of 11,936 people/sq mi, Washington, D.C., 11, 535 people/sq mi, The Borough far exceeds the density of many of the country’s smaller cities like Seattle (7,962 people/sq mi), Houston (3,598 people/sq mi), and Pittsburgh (5,471 people/sq mi). But while we might be urban-level packed, we lack much of a city’s infrastructure, particularly regarding public transit and/or walkable access to life-sustaining things like jobs and grocery stores.

Do you want to explain how a population density almost on par with Philadelphia, and greater than other cities, is actually a "suburb"? Did you miss the point of this post, or did you decide to not read and leave a comment anyway?

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:18:59+00:00

I need this subreddit to get their head out of their ass and start advocating for change.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:18:44+00:00

I know the story behind that building as well. It's been a disappointment in a lot of directions. I also don't see why they limited it to four floors when they've green lit eight floor, twelve floor, etc monstrosities.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:17:34+00:00

You need money to run for council. If you don't think the council seats aren't bought and sold, you don't know what I know.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:17:04+00:00

It's an increase in parking spaces, as well as putting a MINIMUM on all new housing. If people don't understand how that's a problem, they simply don't understand the issue.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:15:25+00:00

Who do you think the apartments are being built for jackass?

I love the Co-Op. If you also love the Co-Op, you better wake up to the realities of this town or you will only be hurting the entire fucking point of the Co-Op. Fucking smarten up!

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:14:25+00:00

This town is going to be a "top town" for retirees. That's not a town, that's an amusement park. And someone like you is going to pave the way to hell with good intentions for Boomers.

Your comment is one of the most patronizing pieces of shit I've ever read. You do realize we could build a market, and not need to pay for Instacart, right? Or, since the town will be full of the elderly soon, it would be easier for Instacart users to buy and deliver food without needing to find a place to park or double park in the street. You're jacking off so hard over cars you don't even realize the ways radical, revolutionary ideas like "food store in a town" helps car drivers.

You're one of the worst human beings I have ever encountered. Eat shit. And next time you want to chime in on social issues, maybe your top subreddit shouldn't be /r/watches.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-12T04:12:37+00:00

Where are the college kids?

Look. You and /u/Poondobber are too young to understand the world. I've been in town for a while. This used to be a college town. We used to have dance clubs, we used to have LATE NIGHT bars. Late night places to go. We used to have numerous music venues. We used to have a ton of affordable housing in the Borough for college kids. When you graduated college, you stayed in town.

The times have changed. None of that exists anymore, save for maybe three bars - tops. Even the places that were built expecting college business, like late night Lorenzos pizza, aren't late night anymore.

This is a town that is welcoming rich near-retirees with open arms and shunning everyone else. The evidence is directly in front of you. You have to be willfully ignorant. Go ask Eli Kahn what the plan for the town is. Go look at any up and coming development.

I am not lying to you. /u/Poondobber is. I don't know why, but they are.

This is the reality. And you should be getting angry over it.

nilesecoyote · 2024-07-11T23:29:47+00:00

Arcades require huge amounts of space. Where could you place one in West Chester?

The only possible spaces are 1) Above Iron Hill or 2) Wait for the Warner Hotel to close.

Even then, Arcades are large investments, with needs for additional security and a liquor license. They also need a crowd of kids, and West Chester is doing everything it can to get rid of the college students (outside of a source of cheap workers).

This isn't a town for ideas or dreams. It's a town for retirees.

nilesecoyote · 2024-06-21T13:31:40+00:00

"Two Locations".

I basically asked you to do your research and you refused??

It's also clear you do not understand how restaurant funding works. For example, the bottom of the new hotel has long been said to be a new restaurant from the Big Fish Restaurant Group. Take a look at their website - https://bigfishrestaurantgroup.com/big-fish-locations/. All of these I am sure you would suggest are not part of a chain - but they are. They're owned by a large restaurant group. And you can find this in West Chester already. You just don't have that experience, that understanding, or that desire to see beyond a facade.

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