What is something your city/metro is lacking for an area its size? (building, downtown)

[john_starks]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

You live in Cherry Hill, NJ, don't you?

nah, i live in queen village brah

[KodeBlue]

Baltimore needs a basketball team

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Definitely adequate mass transit and a decent sized arena...our current one looks like an antique high school gym. We have a crappy performing arts center with a tiny...almost worthless stage and the seats are too small and close together even for children. Our metropolitan area is over 650,000 people.

Bradenton

[Newsboy]

The Comcast Center went up pretty quick , don' t'cha think ?

Ahhh .... so THAT'S where all the freakin' $$$ I pay to that @#%&! company went????

[JJG]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

I understand but does the rail go out through mid-town? Reliant?

Yes... here's a map.

[OrlFlaUsa]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

Well, Orlando's buses look really cool! LOVE THE LYNX! As for chain restaurants, yeah ... that's a problem. We were there one time and asked the hotel concierge for some recommendations on "good local restaurants" and she suggested Olive Garden and Red Lobster. Seriously.

Ha I'm not defending her family friendly response at all, but those are "good" chains and Orlando is the only place where they technically qualify as local restaurants. Since Darden is HQed in Orlando, I think they pay the hotels to suggest them to all out of town guests .

Originally Posted by polo89

Yeah, the Lynx Buses in Orlando look awesome. I've always thought that.

They used to be even cooler when more companies and organizations paid to have the buses painted like a giant billboard. Now only some of them do while most simply feature a small, easy to change advertisement placard. Here's a few examples of ones that still do:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/...93ece993_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/...37ae71c9_z.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/...357dfb0341.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/...53d659.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/...e3ca6bf997.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/...e94f95ae_z.jpg

and my new favorite type of Lynx bus (although it needs some color):
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/...3caf5fc76e.jpg

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

Ahhh .... so THAT'S where all the freakin' $$$ I pay to that @#%&! company went????

Yep and we all pay for this in the lobby too


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9852J9Y6Wos

[kidphilly]

And this too


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3rPIBwzitQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2wA5MIFqBg

[shoe01]

An NFL team and a light rail line might be useful in San Antonio.

Lubbock could use a new auditorium downtown and a coliseum either there or at the fairgrounds.

Austin probably needs a more responsible rail operator.

Dallas could use more stringent "key to the city" criteria.

Houston may want cheesy waterfalls or other similar stuff in its downtown. But then again, maybe it doesn't.

My only complaint about Fort Worth is it needs a wider North 35W, but that's supposed to be addressed in the next few years.

El Paso could perhaps make the view from I-10 easier on the eyes in pockets.

[Shani NC]

from pictures i've seen on here, a whole bunch of cities in the south need nicer downtowns or just completely redone downtowns. some of them have looked abandoned and thrashed. that is one area everybody visits, so if that looks bad...

i don't know if some of the pics were taken after a storm or something...but i doubt it.