In response to Mr. Tester's "let the market decide" comment, the trouble is whenever the market decides where to place "seamy" attractions, somehow they always end up in neighborhoods like Frogtown or lower West 7th St. I would agree with Mr. Tester if, just once, an undesirable business, transitional housing complex, or drug rehab center was built in the Summit Hill community or maybe the Mac-Groveland neighborhood. The "not in my back yard" attitude always wins out over the "market". Tait Danielson West 7th St.
------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:30:20 -0600 From: "Dennis Tester" Subject: Re: [StPaul] The Seamy Side of St. Paul To: "St. Paul Issues Forum" , "Forum Manager" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=response "This topic seems to have limited (very little) interest on this list, any thoughts on why that is?" Probably because if they were to comment on such a topic, the liberals would be afraid they'd come across as prudes and the conservatives would be afraid they'd come across as perverts. (Or vice versa, I forget how that works). Being neither, I have no such concerns. But I am somewhat surprised that its an issue in the 21st century. I remember back in the mid-70s I worked as an instructor for a large computer manufacturer. The classes consisted of male service engineers from all over the country. It was the ritual that on Fridays when a group of engineers was graduating and going home after several weeks of training, their instructor would take the class to lunch at Casey's on west 7th. The place was always packed on Fridays, with St. Paul's movers and shakers, including some prominent attorneys from City Hall. In fact, a female friend of mine told me that once she had to contact her uncle, who was a big shot city attorney, regarding a family emergency and she learned that he was at Casey's. In this era before cell phones, she had to go in there and get him. Embarrassment all around. Our class lunch ritual eventually ended when, over time, the workforce became more gender-balanced. Frankly, with the internet allowing people to access that sort of "product" without risking the embarrassment of being seen in such a place, I'm surprised such establishments are even still in bidness. But if they are, I don't see why they should be made illegal. All together now ... let the market decide. Dennis Tester Mac-Groveland __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
