I received an invitation from the Capital Region Community Foundation for an event they are having at the former Beer Grotto to share "exciting news about their plans for Downtown Lansing and Michigan Avenue". They are the folks who had the banners up"a penny for your thoughts". They asked for ideas from the community on how to improve Michigan Ave. I did submit my ideas, it will be interesting to see what they come up with.
Folsom, CA here. Our house is just short of 1700sqft; 3bd 2bth; built in 1985. If we wanted to right now we could probably sell for $450K. Of course then we couldn't afford to buy anything else.
My sister lives in San Francisco and her house is worth nearly 2 million! It's just a normal house but it's on the top of a hill so that adds about a half million. My question has been who can afford these prices? What do they do for a living? It seems like the money in these places is devalued. If you were to buy a house in the Greater Lansing area that cost a million dollars you would have quite a house! That is one reason I love Lansing.
Has anyone else noticed that the "numbers" have been taken down from the clock on boji tower? I noticed it on friday when i was driving by on 496. Wonder what they plan on doing.
I noticed that as well, I have also noted that the clock has been wrong or not working many days this past year. Maybe they are fixing the whole thing, I hope so!
Incidentally I was reading a post on an airline forum about just how much more Lansing charges the airlines, per passenger, than most airports - about $25 per passenger was the claim, though I can't verify that myself. The real shocker, they said, was that about $5 of that was earmarked for marketing, whereas at most airports marketing gets about 25 cents per passenger boarding.
That is interesting. Per this list: https://develop.metrolansing.com/discussions/discussion/2/general-lansing-development/p290 , only four of the "top 180" airports in America have a higher cost per passenger than Lansing - JFK, Newark, Northern Maine Regional, and Erie International. Now how much does it matter, I dunno. You're going to pay a lot more than $24 for your ticket.
I was a tourist in my own town yesterday! I went to the Olds museum which was very nice I thought. I enjoyed seeing cars and trucks that my family and friends helped to build. I also liked the old photos of the plants around Lansing. They really refreshed my memory of what was where and how the buildings looked.
I also went to the Native American Pow Wow, which was very interesting. The drum circle and singing were the best part. While there I sat down in the shade by the nautilus "wall". I went up to take a look at the center of the spiral to find it chocked with weeds, dead leafs, and empty bottles. I can not believe that the city does not have enough money to at least clean up the major park in our downtown. When I see this sort of thing I just wonder how did they just let things go? It makes me angry. I think the same thing when I walk by the fish ladder. We can't afford a power wash? Why not get a get a company to volunteer to clean up the whole park and let them advertise in the park. That is the big "promise" isn't it? That private enterprise is going to fill in where government use to take care of things?
Totally with ya - I don't really believe the city lacks enough money for something that basic though, they either don't care, of the people who are supposed to pay attention to such stuff are not paying attention. I have tossed the idea before that it would be a good project for an LCC student club - maybe I'll do so again.
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I received an invitation from the Capital Region Community Foundation for an event they are having at the former Beer Grotto to share "exciting news about their plans for Downtown Lansing and Michigan Avenue". They are the folks who had the banners up"a penny for your thoughts". They asked for ideas from the community on how to improve Michigan Ave. I did submit my ideas, it will be interesting to see what they come up with.
Folsom, CA here. Our house is just short of 1700sqft; 3bd 2bth; built in 1985. If we wanted to right now we could probably sell for $450K. Of course then we couldn't afford to buy anything else.
It's nuts.
My sister lives in San Francisco and her house is worth nearly 2 million! It's just a normal house but it's on the top of a hill so that adds about a half million. My question has been who can afford these prices? What do they do for a living? It seems like the money in these places is devalued. If you were to buy a house in the Greater Lansing area that cost a million dollars you would have quite a house! That is one reason I love Lansing.
Has anyone else noticed that the "numbers" have been taken down from the clock on boji tower? I noticed it on friday when i was driving by on 496. Wonder what they plan on doing.
I noticed that as well, I have also noted that the clock has been wrong or not working many days this past year. Maybe they are fixing the whole thing, I hope so!
Woot.
Incidentally I was reading a post on an airline forum about just how much more Lansing charges the airlines, per passenger, than most airports - about $25 per passenger was the claim, though I can't verify that myself. The real shocker, they said, was that about $5 of that was earmarked for marketing, whereas at most airports marketing gets about 25 cents per passenger boarding.
That is interesting. Per this list: https://develop.metrolansing.com/discussions/discussion/2/general-lansing-development/p290 , only four of the "top 180" airports in America have a higher cost per passenger than Lansing - JFK, Newark, Northern Maine Regional, and Erie International. Now how much does it matter, I dunno. You're going to pay a lot more than $24 for your ticket.
Um, how about this list: https://t.co/tDtvy5eoxt .
I was a tourist in my own town yesterday! I went to the Olds museum which was very nice I thought. I enjoyed seeing cars and trucks that my family and friends helped to build. I also liked the old photos of the plants around Lansing. They really refreshed my memory of what was where and how the buildings looked.
I also went to the Native American Pow Wow, which was very interesting. The drum circle and singing were the best part. While there I sat down in the shade by the nautilus "wall". I went up to take a look at the center of the spiral to find it chocked with weeds, dead leafs, and empty bottles. I can not believe that the city does not have enough money to at least clean up the major park in our downtown. When I see this sort of thing I just wonder how did they just let things go? It makes me angry. I think the same thing when I walk by the fish ladder. We can't afford a power wash? Why not get a get a company to volunteer to clean up the whole park and let them advertise in the park. That is the big "promise" isn't it? That private enterprise is going to fill in where government use to take care of things?
Totally with ya - I don't really believe the city lacks enough money for something that basic though, they either don't care, of the people who are supposed to pay attention to such stuff are not paying attention. I have tossed the idea before that it would be a good project for an LCC student club - maybe I'll do so again.