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Originally Posted by pdxman
Interesting...i'm willing to bet you're one of the few who would rather have a post office instead of a baseball stadium. Dead zone vs. entertainment zone, hmmm...
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Let’s not needlessly overgeneralize.
I just said that I’d rather not have the stadium. That doesn’t mean I oppose entertainment zones. I enjoy the fact that parks, restaurants, bars, coffee shops etc. are right across the street. I’d love to have a movie theater across the street, too. I enjoy these types of businesses in my neighborhood, and they are relatively non-intrusive to those of my neighbors who do not enjoy them.
Giant stadiums are far from non-intrusive. The noise, traffic, and pollution issues they create are more similar to adding a Wal-mart than adding a restaurant.
You can make a perfectly reasonable case for wanting a stadium in downtown Portland. But if you’re wondering why we don’t have one, it may very well be because some people would actively and legitmately oppose building one in their neighborhood.